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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Common Sense

So rare, it could be considered a super power

— Quoting the Boss quoting an inspirational poster.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Homecoming

The exhaustion is rather evident in her tired eyes, almost squeezed shut as they appear. Fatigue invading every single pore after a fairly exacting day at work, she manages to get her train — heels clopping, weighed down by her bag and the rather large paperback she carries to amuse herself while travelling, ignoring the indulgent smiles of people around her who see a frowning girl in a Smurfette tee.

The paperback remains untouched on the train as her mind drifts away into random nothings. She walks, glad to be going home at last, knowing it finally is home and not just a place to sleep at night. And even though she may only be stopping briefly before she heads out again, she's content knowing she's going back to a welcoming, bright, tidy and populated home where there's music playing, the smell of delicious cooking, laughter, conversation and the prospect of lazing about in the last rays of the sun in a little green garden.

Keys ready, she opens the door and is met by two dark beady eyes looking at her with something that could almost be adoration. "Hey baby!!!" she greets. Puts her bags down and turns around to find the eyes still looking at her, a plea in them. Puzzled for a moment, something finally clicks in her mind. And in a tongue far different than anything she has ever spoken thus far, she utters the magic words.

The happy look in those eyes tells her she got them right. And having pulled on her yellow shoes to take a walk, feeling suddenly refreshed, she reflects again on what truly makes this place feel like home. She mulls over how easy it seems, delightedly smiling because she was being given a kiss and today she's being asked for more ... that home seems home because it holds the one thing she really and truly wanted:







Nope, I didn't get a dog because I got married :P I moved houses and this delightful creature belongs to my housemates. And while she's partly the reason I haven't been around of late, there was much more keeping me busy and it simply didn't feel like the right time to get back until now.