WHO NEEDS A LOVER??????

I am single. To be exact, I am a single mother.

No husband. No boyfriend. No lover. CLEAR.

My daughter and I sleep together on the week ends when I finally get to go home in our ancestral home in the island.

Last week, it was almost dawn, my daughter and I woke up at the same time because we both felt cold. It was raining through the night. We decided to use my blanket together because it is bigger and thicker. She always wants us to share a blanket.

When we went back to sleep, she placed one arm under my neck and the other was on my chest. We slept side by side. I was rubbing her arm to calm her down and she went back to slumber peacefully. As I was rubbing her arm, I realized how sweet and loving we are to each other. I then said to myself, "who needs a lover?". I believe this what makes me survive the hectic schedules and brain whacking demands from teaching back in the city. The pressures and the stress becomes a thing of the past whenever I am with my daughter.

I may not have a "somebody" that is wished by Depeche Mode in their song with the same title but I have a daughter who fills me with so much love. Boy, am I so lucky!!!!!