Nighttime Pages

My legs were totally wiped after all that driveway basketball, so I crawled straight into bed under the soft duvet. The quiet hum of the house felt super cozy. I reached over to the nightstand, pulled the pull-chain of the small brass lamp with a sharp click, and cracked open my paperback book. Flipping past the dog-eared corner, I traced the illustrated cartoons on the crisp white page. My thumbs felt warm against the paper edges while I quietly read through two whole chapters before getting delightfully sleepy.