Winter skipped my corner of the world this year. While the rest of the country is shoveling out their Winter Wonderland I’m having coffee outside at dusk, as always, out on the deck with the cat. No shoes. Thinking of what the rest of the day, the week, the month brings.
No Ghost, Goblins gone, no Werewolves, no pests. Just the birds and the cat. Not the cat that eats birds. She is inside asleep. The cat who just watches.
The husband and son are off on their adventures. The girl child and a friend are sleeping like only Vampire teens can sleep.
It is one of those rare moments when my mind is a blank. So much to do like any busy mom, but just savoring the quiet time.
Earlier this week my daughter was looking through my closet, the one with the old stuff and came upon a black velvet dress, as old as old can be.
“What’s with the glam goth mom?”
“Be careful, that dress is really old.” Over 100 years.
“I can’t imagine you as one of those dark Gothic Vampires,” she said looking at the bead work on the fabric.
“You’d be surprised.”
We’re now in another world with the first light of day. Actually it was the world my parents, the New Vampires brought us up in. They came to the land of sun and sea and mountains and infinite possibilities. They bucked the system as did so many of their generation.
But let our kids still be surprised that we had lives before they were born. Let our spouses be surprised we had lives without them once. We all have our own life, our own dreams, and the joys of where we are now.
~ Juliette aka Vampire Maman
Vampire Maman 
“We all have our own life, our own dreams, and the joys of where we are now.”
Well said, J. My feelings exactly, and I’ll never apologize for them. Funny what kids will drag our of a closet though, isn’t it? ~Peace~
Paul
Joy to you Paul!
Yeah, the rest of the country wouldn’t call what we get here a winter, would they? Gotta’ love Cali. Thanks for the example – I have a lovely patio that I rarely use. I have to get up too early in the morning to be out there in the evening. Then the weekend arrives and I busy myself with so much that I rarely think to head that way. *sigh*
I’ve got one of those bird-watching cats, too. He’s just waiting for his moment to escape the house. Hopefully he’ll be too fat and slow to catch anything when he does.
-Jimmy
We are spoiled indeed. It would be hard to leave this place. Take some time for yourself Jimmy and enjoy that patio! It will do you wonders. Thanks for stopping by.
We had one doozy of a below freezing three weeks (why yes, it does freeze hard in the desert) and now we’re into spring. Great winters, low taxes …. Shhh… don’t tell anyone or they’ll all move from California to here!
Thanks for reminding me to take some time to just sit and watch the birds.
Love the dress!