it survived

Last year for my birthday Colin gave me an ipod,,as im a very old lady who still remembers vinyll this blows my mind,,its so small and thin and holds all the music i love and play over and over again,,I loved it,it makes you feel that YOU too can sing and proves you oh so wrong as you accompany the likes of Celine Dione, Barbara and the rest.It was worn everywhere and my tuneless voice was too,,oh so embarrasing,,but the best part of it was in bed,,,what you say,,yes bed,,Colins habit was to read at least a couple of pages of what ever novel he had on the go,,a habit that drove me crazy,,if you like it read it,,dont put it down,,hence the reason i only read about two books a year,,,so there id be and every night id say,,i will sing to you which hed smile ,,or was it grimace,,no im sure it was smile and id serenade him with my partner of choice of that evening,,,but that all came to an abrupt end on sunday sept 13th 2009,,not only was that the last morning of the night before but it was the last time i saw my ipod,,left behind in the cab of our lorry as Colin was whisked of to intensive care,fighting so hard for his life and the start of this long journey..It has sat in yet another wicker basket through rain and snow and i realy thought it had not survived,,So this evening when i returned from Glasgow and found the above wicker basket and my beloved ipod i knew my night was doomed,,and although Colin is not here yet i have sung every song,,practised with tears running down my face,,in the knowledge that in the not too distant future Colin will be home and once again he will grimace as i treat him to a concert,,,So thank you Annie Douglas for rescuing it and Im sure when Colin is back and at the polo he will thank you too,,well at least i think he will x