WELL, IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN. BATH TIME. I KNOW, I KNOW.
ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CIVILIZED WORLD THINKS ONE
MUST BATHE EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY DAY. AND, I MUST
ADMIT, THAT I USED TO BE ONE OF THEM. BUT, NO MORE.
MY SKIN H AS BECOME SO DRY, THAT I COULDN'T POSSIBLY
GET WET ALL OVER ON A DAILY BASIS. I WOULD DRY UP, AND
BLOW AWAY. AS IT IS, I MUST USE A MOISTURIZING BATH GEL,
AND BATH OIL, AND BABY LOTION AFTER. AND I STILL FLAKE.
IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH CERTAIN MEDICATIONS, AND SUNLIGHT
AND WHATNOT...EVEN THOUGH I USE TONS OF SUNSCREEN.
BUT, I STILL LOVE MY BATH. I ENJOY THE ANTICIPATION,
GETTING ALL THE STUFF LINED UP, AND THE SNORER,(BLESS
HIS LITTLE PEA-PICK-IN HEART) WILL DRAW MY BATH FOR ME!
AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS JUST NOW, IT PUT ME
VERY STRONGLY IN MIND OF MY DAD. HE HAD FLA-KEY SKIN,
TOO, AND FOR THE SAME ABOVE REASONS SITED, WHEN DAD
TOOK A FULL BATH, IT WAS AN EVENT!
SO, ON THAT SPECIAL DAY, HE WOULD GET HIS ROBE AND PJ'S,
SLIPPERS, AND SHAVING KIT, PICK OUT A SPECIAL, PARTICULAR
TOWEL, (OR TWO) WASHCLOTH, AND BATHMAT, ALL HAD TO
BE FRESHLY LAUNDERED, OF COURSE, AND THEN WITH ALL
HIS GEAR IN TOW, MOSTLY FLUNG OVER HIS ARM, HE WOULD
COME OUT INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AND ANNOUNCE IT;
"I'M GOING TO TAKE A BATH!" THEN, BEGINNING WITH
MOTHER, HE WOULD COME TO EACH OF US, KISS US, AND SAY,
"GOODBYE FOREVER! I'M GOING TO TAKE A BATH!"
NOW THIS WAS A MAN WHO HAD HIS HAIR CUT EVERY THREE
WEEKS, SHAVED TWICE A DAY, USED DEODORANT, AND AFTER
SHAVE, AND NEVER, EVER HAD B.O.
SO NATURALLY, WITH EACH KISS AND DECLARATION, HE GOT
A LAUGH, AND IT GOT FUNNIER AND FUNNIER, UNTIL WE WERE
ALL HOLDING OUR STOMACHS AND HAD TEARS ROLLING
DOWN OUR CHEEKS, AND ALL FROM LAUGHING.
MY DAD. WHAT A GREAT GUY. HE'S BEEN GONE FOR OVER
FORTY YEARS, BUT SOMETIMES, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY
THAT HE PULLED HIS BATH SPEECH ON US FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET, THAT HE TAUGHT ME WHAT A
PERFECT BATH WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT. NOT JUST BEING
CLEAN, BUT ENJOYING EVERYTHING YOU DO, TO THE
NTH DEGREE.
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