And So To Bed

on waking and dreaming and remembering and writing and not sleeping

When I was younger I could sleep anywhere. I guess this is true of most of us. I had a narrow single bed until I was 22. I think most of my generation did. When my kids started asking for double beds in their early teens, my husband and I were outraged. “What on earth do you want that for? Double beds are for when you have a partner!” (Apparently yet an…