Sleep

One of my favorite past times is sleeping and despite some saying it wastes time and life better used elsewhere I disagree; I think it adds to life through keeping one healthy, more alert, rested in body, mind and soul and, of course, it can be fun too...if one is sleeping with the right person. I'm very fortunate to have that right person and sleeping beside him, knowing he's there, makes me feel safe and it helps that he's an amazing cuddler and tolerates my cold feet on him as I try to warm them up; he brings me a lot of joy...and has wandering hands which I don't mind at all.

I love that moment of snuggling into bed, the feeling of knowing the day is done, or the feeling of decadence that comes from a daytime sleep on the weekend, and the valuable connection I gain with my partner as we lay together snuggling. What's not to like?

Because my partner is usually awake and out of bed before me I'm usually blessed to wake to a warm house in the winter, the aroma of brewing coffee most days and the comfortable and familiar sounds of him making coffee and breakfast and as I shake off the last vestiges of sleep I lay there feeling gratitude for my life, the beautiful things I have in it, and the beautiful man, I share it with. If he's close enough to see me I generally make a show of emerging from bed in my disrobed state and stretching in a way that makes him smirk slyly and with intent, then we proceed into the day by sharing breakfast together and chatting about what the day my hold....unless it's a weekend and maybe he comes back to bed.

I love sleeping, it's one of the only times of the day that's truly my own and several hours each day of total peace and quiet, and the chance to re-energize from the inside out, helps me live a better life; sharing the intimacy of sleep with a good, hard working, tender, caring and loving man helps as well.

Here's three songs I love that are themed around sleeping...and now I'm going to have a nap...after a bubble bath, and some cuddling and...