I woke up with a shiver down my spine. I wasn’t quite sure why. It was a new feeling for me. I’ve woken up like this before, a cold sensation, a warm one, a cool one, a hot one, but this, this was different. I couldn’t put a finger on it. Instead of arguing in my head any longer, I decided I might as well wake up from my bed. The summer days on mars were very bright in the morning so I thought it might be good to get up and get ready for the day. Nothing was very special about today though, and yet I felt almost excited to get through the day. Almost like I was touring around with a friend I haven’t seen in a long time. The commute to work was normal, work itself was normal, and soccer with my boys was normal. But the feeling I had doing them wasn’t. Maybe this shiver down my spine this morning really did something to me. I can’t stop thinking about what it could’ve meant for me. Did I suddenly remember the turbulence of flying to Mars or something? Whatever I tried to use to explain it just didn’t fit in this puzzle. Until I remembered what my grandfather said a while back.

He said he had this feeling. This shiver. He woke up and the day was normal but his feelings, those, those weren’t. It was as if someone was watching over him, maybe someone was, someone is watching over me right now. I can feel their gaze.

But why now, what is so special about today? I can’t quite put my finger on it. After a night out with the boys I finally made it home.

No matter how many drinks and talks I had to distract myself I still just could not place my finger on why. I know they’re looking at me from above, but why? If only I could know. With this acceptance, I finally fell asleep. I woke up again, a normal day, a normal feeling, no cool shiver, and no warm gaze. Back to the normalcy of my life. But is it really? I felt changed the next morning, I can still remember the feeling. Maybe just that one shiver changed my life, a blessing. To be able to have a deeper love of my family. Ah. So that’s what this was. Thank you.