December 19, 2007

Father's Gone Hunting

As a child I always looked forward to my father going deer hunting because it meant that I'd get to sleep with my Mom. There were four of us children but I was the lucky one who was given the honor of sleeping with Mama. She said she liked sleeping with me because I kept still when I slept and I was the best goochier [her term for cuddling]. When we would get into bed she'd say, "scoot over here, honey and let's goochie up." She would wrap her arms around me and I could feel her smell my hair and sigh. There was no better feeling in the world to my little girl's heart.

cold winter night
wrapped in
warmth and love

Labels: Haibun, Haiku

© 2004 - 2010 Sandy at 8:41 AM

6 Comments:

Blogger catnapping said...

hehe. i couldn't stay still. i used to whine that my mom wouldn't let me sleep in her bed, but i tossed and turned so much, that it drove her NUTS.

and of course, the worse thing for me was knowing i HAD to stay still...

December 19, 2007 10:23 AM  
Blogger Sandy said...

ha ha For me staying still was worth it. It was the only time Mom picked me over my older brother.

December 19, 2007 12:38 PM  
Blogger Ričardas said...

Beautiful memories, sound so familiar :)
Happy New Year and nice gooching:)

December 31, 2007 3:49 AM  
Blogger Sandy said...

Thank you, Ricardas...those are wonderful memories. So good to see you....I thought maybe you were frozen in and so was your computer...ha ha.

December 31, 2007 8:12 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One of my favorite memories from the early days was visiting my grandparents farm in Comanche, Texas.

They had a huge featherbed that, when I ran and jumped into it, covered me up and hid me from the world.

March 12, 2008 1:46 AM  
Blogger Sandy said...

Jack, I had the same experience when we'd go visit my great-grandmother in Kosse. Her sheets always smelled like sunshine to me and that feather mattress was heaven.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sandy

March 12, 2008 6:02 PM  

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