He Is Still In The Building

        We all have our morning rituals. Bill(hubs) and I have always woke up with the chickens! or earlier, we had a bunch of little mouths to feed, and just wanted an hour to ourselves. To this day, we continue to rise early.
        Bill gets up before me, and starts the coffee, walks Lucy, and watches the news. I stir and come down, hoping to not see or hear the news, but he makes the coffee!! So I just ask that he turns down the volume. I like to go to sleep and wake up with good thoughts, so I can be a more positive source of energy and hope in the world. I also like to know everything that is going on, I just prefer to read it. This morning I know about Barcelona, I just don't have to see it. The horror is real. I vote and work hard for my country and the democratic process. I just can not watch the news, 24/7.
    Back to rituals, I come down daily to the news, but a couple of days ago, I was walking down the stairs and heard Elvis!!!
   I picked up my heels, and much to my surprise an Elvis movie was on!! I looked over at my beloved, no words were needed.
   Oh what a beautiful man, and his voice, I went down the rabbit hole, and was a happy 12 year old girl. I told Bill all my stories, again, about Aunt Gail taking me to all the movies. Then we would go back to the house and fix our hair, to look like his leading lady. Later we would practice all the dance moves. Aunt Gail had a great memory, so she knew them all. When the movie album would come out, we would start again, singing and dancing, She worshiped Elvis, I just liked being with her. I fell in love with him through her eyes, and later my own. She wore all the styles, I was still too young, and The Beatles had arrived.
   I watched the movie with glee, and happiness that I married a man, who thinks of me in such sweet ways. ( you know he was watching the news on his IPAD) ( but that is OK)
  I thanked him, for remembering that Elvis was an important part of my life, and then he blew his nose, LOUDLY!! three times! Now that is a quick trip back to reality. In order to enjoy the gift of Elvis still being in the building, I needed some respect from the audience. The mild mannered husband of mine said, " I have a COLD!!"
  Yes, I know, and I cocked my eyes back at the TV, several times!! ( I saw him laugh)
         What a summer, wet and now hot ( I love the heat) and all my kids in the house.
 All of my children, here for a visit in August, was the best gift of my 65th birthday. I see them all, though the year, but seldom at the same time. Keith and Kelly came a little late to the party, but so happy they came to play.
          I was like a mother hen, with all her eggs in one basket. Tired and in awe, that we raised five wonderful humans, all college grads, independent thinkers, kind people. Working, loving, bright babies who grew up. Looking back we wonder how we did it, and smile.
        We get up early!! and never stop loving and teaching them, even to this day.
         It also helps, to wake up to Elvis, seriously he has never left my building.
         Happy mommy, good kids.