Presence

Sometimes, we make our presence felt by the way we do things... such that even when we are not around, the things left behind by us still make our presence felt. My home is such a place. My wife put so much into the design and placement of everything inside, that even when she is not around, her presence is felt in the way things are placed, the general feel of the design of the place. The way the clothes are folded, the way things are stored in the fridge, the way the teddy bears are placed on the sofa, all these make her presence felt even when she is not in the house.

Or am I just simply missing her? It has not even been 24 hours since she returned to Japan to help her sister with wedding preparations. But to come back to a house so filled with her presence, yet knowing that she is not around... the sense of loneliness this creates can be suffocating.