Winter and spring are duking it out as evidenced in the weather. We alternate between t-shirts and turtlenecks and we have to check the weather daily to see which it will be. The wind is still gusting which causes intermittent power outages. I felt really lucky to have the coffee already made this morning before the power went out. The rain was pelting the windows and running in rivulets down the glass. I took my coffee and paper to the bedroom chair which sits in front of the window. It was a cozy spot where I could read in the gray morning light and listen to the rain.
I love this green velour chair. The chair was purchased sometime in the 1970's in New York by my mother-in-law. When Steve and I starting dating, the chair was in their living room. Back then it was upholstered in a green/blue pinstripe velour and I thought it was the prettiest thing. I remember that Steve and I were both so skinny that we could sit in the chair together. He will say that I was sitting on his lap but I remember us being scrunched side by side. At some point in the 1990's his mom gave us the chair. I left the green/blue fabric on it as long as I could. Eventually the arms became threadbare and it needed recovering. Twenty-five years ago I had it redone in the green velour that is on it now. It has always been our bedroom chair. It is an old friend. Sitting in it is like being wrapped in the arms of a favorite teddy bear. All four of our babies have been held on my lap in that chair. It is where I read, pray, say the Rosary, talk on the phone, nap, and cry some. It remains ever dear to me even though there is no way Steve and I could ever sit in it together. Well, maybe... if I was on his lap :)
