My Down Comforter

I woke up this morning and immediately thanked God for......my down comforter. This is another sure sign of fall in our house.....when the down comforter moves from the basement closet to once again grace our California king. We received this comforter for our wedding gift, so there is something sacred about wrapping ourselves in its warmth. I love its ability to be both light and fluffy on the one hand, but so warm and heavy and safe in another sense. It has been garbed in several different duvet covers over the course of our 6-year marriage, and right now the choice is a dark-denim Eddie Bauer classic cover....it just gives a sense of home-spun warmth to our bedroom, and I love laying under it and pulling it up to my chin and just smiling at the simple joy of it. It has been with us through the early years of marriage, through three months of bedrest with our first pregnancy, through moves to four different houses......a symbol of stability despite the changes in our lives. For a few nights this week, my 5-year-old daughter actually took the comforter from our room and put it on her own bed, proclaiming, "Mommy, it makes my bed so soft and cozy....like cuddles!" How can you resist that kind of reasoning? Just loving being enveloped in pure, natural, simple comfort!