Wednesday, May 30, 2007

How old nighmares are a blessing

last night I made a big mistake. I went to bed by ten O'clock. That means I woke up at four A.M.

So what do I do in this half awake four A.M., blur? I think about my life. I don't know why, but I remembered some nightmares I had fifteen, years ago.

Maybe three or four times I had the same nightmare, were I'm divorced from my wife. I don't remember what happened in those terrible dreams, but I do remember that feeling of loneliness that I felt when I first woke up. Replaced by the joy I felt, when I noticed my bride, stirring next to me. When it comes time to "count my many blessings", I always put my wife, Sharlene, at the top of my list, thanks to a couple of nightmares.

But thats not all. Some time around five in the morning, a song started floating around in my head. I was only joking, by Rod Stewart. One of lines form that song, might just fit this blog, too well. "Cause what I'm doing, must be wrong. Pouring my heart out in a song. Holding up for prosperity, for the whole d**n world too see". That's just who I am.

love for now - Boyd

2 comments:

Reva Petersen said...

I have those nightmares too.

Oh, well.

Love ya bro.
Sis

The Duncan Proect said...

A great post. Steve got me to try Classmates.com. I was able to contact the Shinglers. They ask about you and I told them what a loving husband and father you had become.