Gift

#30 Gift. This month, gifts and gift-giving can seem inescapable. What's the most memorable gift, tangible or emotional, you received this year?

The best gift I got this year was my new bed.  I bought a brand-new mattress and pillows in September of 2009 but I kept all my old bedding.  The same duvet cover and sheets and bed-skirt that I’ve had since my ex and I were together. (We broke up four years ago.) To be fair, it’s more about being picky about sheets and comforters.  I had no emotional attachment to this bedding; I just couldn’t find anything I liked better.  I’m pretty particular about thread count and color when it comes to sheets.

But, even though I had no emotional attachment, there was still energy there.  So for Christmas I found sheets I love and a new duvet cover and put them on my wish list.  Mom supplied the duvet cover and Dad came through with new sheets (in an decadent Platinum gray) and then I discovered the Euro Shams at Bed, Bath and Beyond.  Even though I didn’t make a big part of the purchases I feel like this is a gift I gave myself.  I cleared the space of my bed and remade it to fit the person I am now, someone very different from the girl I was when B and I dated.

New Bedding- with chocolate brown sheets

I described it to a friend recently as “delicious”… which he thought was absurd. 

It’s not.  My bed is delicious. 

And it’s clear of any unwanted energy, which is good since I’m meeting the Man of my Dreams this year!