Bed is just the best place to be. Its warm and comforting, safe and snuggly, it lets you shut out the world when there's chaos all around. Being in my bed is my favourite place in the world.
I don't know if it's a lazy thing, or a feeling of being protected, but I always find solace when I crawl into bed. In my lower moments, its been hard to find reasons to leave my bed, to acknowledge the world and let all the problems in. Bed is the one place I can cry, or smile, or nap without wondering how it appears to anyone else. I could do everything from my bed - eat, sleep, work, watch TV, play games, talk on the phone - and I pretty much did while I was a student. It was so much nicer to be studying while wrapped up warm and comfy, rather than sitting on a hard chair in the oppressive silence of the library with all those hard working people surrounding me. I think I spend most of the day craving my bed, from the moment I have to leave it to go to work till those wonderful words are uttered..."bedtime". I can't understand why children fight it so much!
And now I have another sharing my bed. But I don't feel like anything has been taken away. Now not only the bed comforts me, but so do the warm arms of my partner. She is just as comfy as my mattress and feeling her near me, breathing her snoozy breaths, helps me fall into an easy sleep. If it's possible, I look forward to 'bedtime' even more now! Oh, and of course, there are the more adult reasons for enjoying sharing a bed with someone, but I don't want that to taint the wonderful image of being in bed. It's just a nice bed-related bonus of not being single!
So I wish to praise the makers of beds, mattresses, duvets and pillows everywhere! For you have made for us the perfect place to be, any time of day or night, in any situation or period of your life. Your bed will always be there for you. So go have a snooze....
