"This post makes absolute sense today. We have been through
a hard month, and sleep is more important than ever. Being warm and
affectionate without enough sleep is not easy. So we all need to get enough
of the magic elixir -- a great night's rest.
Funny thing about love—it works better if you get enough sleep.
Hard challenge if you’re a parent of young children, or babies who wake
up during the night, or wake up early, when you’ve gone to bed late
for work.
In recent years I've definitely been a night owl. This started when I began
teaching a once a week evening course. To stay awake I drank coffee. Yes
it works, but to shut off my excited brain is a challenge. I notice that if my
sweetheart and I are well rested, we have a wonderful time together.
And if not -- we don't stop loving each other -- but arguments happen
that wouldn't happen if we got enough sleep.
One pretty simple answer I've discovered is that drinking pure, tart,
unsweetened cherry juice before bed helps me go to sleep. Who gave
me that recommendation? I don't know, but thank you. And if I also
eat cherries -- fresh in season, or frozen when we can't buy them here
in Toronto -- with some plain yogurt the effect is doubled, and I
sleep like a baby.
My point is that if both of us sleep well we have a great time. And
I may have known that unconsciously forever, but now I know it for
a fact."
So my image tonight, as we move into June, is of a bowl of cherries.
Wishing you a joyous day. Sleep well.
