The Edge of the Counter

It seemed like a normal day for the Shakers. They always sat in the about the same spot on the table, all day, every day. They didn't mind, though, because they were always together.

The day started like most any other weekday. The male human got out of bed to take his shower at about the same time he always did. Ironically, the female human had left a few days ago, so the male didn't disturb her like he thought he usually did. But the Shakers were sure that she would be back soon. There had not been an argument or tiff of any sort to merit her leaving. But nonetheless, she was gone for these days, and the house was lonely during the daytime, since the TV wouldn't turn on when she wasn't there. The two cats would sometimes entertain the Shakers and the other household items, but they mostly slept all day.

The male had a total of 3 patterns,and out of those pattern, one of them were chosen seemingly very randomly for the morning  routine. Inevitably, he would always eat breakfast and read the news at the same time. But after that was the mystery. Would he take a frozen diner to work? Would he take a sandwich? Or.... would he take a wrap?

The Shakers liked when he took a wrap, because then they knew that they would be able to fulfill their purpose in this world. The male human liked salt and pepper on his deli meat wrap with lettuce, shredded cheese, and ranch.

It tended to be that Salt was used more times and in larger quantities than Pepper through the weeks, but Pepper didn't mind. They both know that they both had their own purposes; that's the way things were, and that's the way they liked it.

Finally, the time came, and he did indeed choose the wrap today. The Shakers waited in anticipation as he got the ingredients and materials to prepare what would be his lunch later on in the day. Everything went on the counter. Except for  them. At least, that was the Shakers feared. The male did grab them and they were relieved! They were going to have their contents spread over a meal for a human to enjoy! Oh, the bliss to please!

They were sat down on the edge of the counter, beside of Wrap Package. Salt Shaker said, "Pepper, don't we normally go in the middle of the counter, in front of Can Opener and Knife Block? What if we fall off here?"

"Yes," said Pepper Shaker, "but what does that matter? We've been touched today! We are going to do what we were born to do!"

Unfortunately, Salt had been foreshadowing, because about that time, the human was attempting to make room for one of Paper Towel's children. Doing so required Wrap Package to be pushed a little to the side.

The floor flew upward at them! "NOOOO!!" yelled the Shakers together. There was just enough time for Pepper to push Salt as they were falling. And then... the world was filled with the sound of shattering glass.

Salt tried to comprehend what had just happened. It had happened so fast.

"Pepper? Pepper!?" Salt called out.

The human looked their direction and said with a sigh, "Elizabeth's going to kill me."

Then Salt saw Pepper. Or more acurately, saw lots of Pepper.... and pepper.

As a final act of pleasing humans, Pepper had pushed Salt onto the carpet, for a soft landing, so that at least one of them could live, instead of both of them dying on the hard kitchen floor. This selfless act was a decision that a lot of household items are faced with at some point in time. Who knew it would be this day? Who knew it would be this time?

The human male quietly and sadly swept and vacuumed up the remains of Pepper Shaker and the pepper that he had so nutured and cared for, and for so long. He had kept flies and gnats away, and seen so many TV shows, and so many cat tricks. But it was over now. It was time to move on, in a different way, and in many peices.

Salt is grieving this morning and will be for a while yet. But, Salt knows that Pepper died doing what they both loved. And though they will probably never ever be together again, at least they had this little bit of time together. Memories that they can cherish will always be with them, and even though it's not the same, at least they were allowed the joy of each other for that time.

A Month and a Half Passed By

Haven't posted in a while. Not to much has happened. Elizabeth got ordained. But that's old news. Lately, we've been playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 and watching the Avatar: Last Airbender series. Movies we've seen lately are "Toy Story 3," "The Blind Side," and "Date Night." Yeah, our life seems really entertainment oriented, doesn't ?

Lizzy also preached at church last week and the week before. She really good at it, too! :D

Okay, I just thought I'd give a little update. Have a good one!