Awwww...How Cute is That?

This morning, Master wanted to relax in bed and watch the Sunday morning talking heads. He was bemoaning the fact that the one drawback to our bed does not adjust up and down in the same way His hospital bed did, and wasn't that just a darned shame...

We have one of those TV backrest pillows. We don't ever use it for that purpose. It has become our "spanking pillow" and we keep it in the bedroom, so that it can be turned over on its face and I can lie over it for whatever He has in mind at the time. But, right now, there's no spanking going on. We're only two weeks post-op for Pete's sake!

So, I grabbed the pillow, and took it over to the side of the bed where He was resting and held it out and smiled sweetly. I figured it wasn't going to turn the bed into a magical, adjustable hospital bed, but it might make it more comfortable for Him to lie there and watch His shows.

He looked at that pillow and He looked at me, and He said, "awwww, Honey, I'd love to, but I just don't think I can." I kind of just stood there blinking stupidly for a couple of seconds, not quite getting what He was saying, and then it dawned on me -- "Oh no, I just meant You could lean on it for watching TV..."

We both got a laugh out of the silliness of the whole business. He got propped up and nice and comfy, and we went right on. It points to what we can't do just now, but it also reassures that we'll find our way back to it in time as the healing and recovering progresses. In the meantime, it is one of those moments that I'll keep close because it is just "cute."

swan