~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~
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Cabin fever has spiked. The winter roars outside. The
bears have broken in, and they are my children.
Wild things, stomping and raging and growling, upending the furniture and
scattering the morning’s broken pieces all over the floor. Snow days and sick
days have kept us inside for far too long, and the walls are pushing in. These shaggy-haired
creatures are chasing me with whining, irrational demands for kids’ shows! and softer toast! and smaller
pirates! If their evil plan is to turn mama into a grizzly, it’s working.
But then, the littlest cub wanders over, blankie and
teddy in hand. He is wearing flannel bear jammies.
“I need uppie.”
“I need a bear hug,” I tell him, scooping him up.
“Bear hug?”
“Yes.”
Somehow in the embrace, we feel human again. Sticky paws turn to patting hands, the gnash
of terrible teeth to a smile. This grizzly mama begins to melt. The fever
breaks. Maybe, just maybe, I can see the end of winter after all.
~lg
