Winter Sheaves

Your entire household is gone for the week, so you are all alone when you wake on your birthday... The one day of the year that belongs to you. You feel sort of melancholy when you open your eyes being all alone on your special day, but it is what it is... You check your phone for messages on the off chance someone actually remembered your birthday. Clicking on a message from your 20 year old stepdaughter, who is away at university, you read "Happy birthday Step-daddy!!! I wish I was there to celebrate with you 😔 Love you!!"