Deb Trotter, Cowboy's Sweetheart

I awoke this morning to clouds of Cowboy Snow. Cowboy Snow – just in time for Christmas.

If you’ve ever seen Cowboy Snow, you would know that it has its own way of doing things.

It is a deliberate snow. A determined snow. A slow, “steady on its feet” snow.

Cowboy Snow doesn’t stop to rest. Has a gentle hand. Knows its territory.

In short, Cowboy Snow is a snow that you can depend on.

And it seemed to know I needed a white blanket of silent comfort for Christmas.

Silent Comfort. That’s what a Cowboy is to me.

So here I am, thinking about what it might have been like one hundred years ago, in this very same place. Here … in Cody, Wyoming.

What IF … ?

What if I were a Cowgirl, and my Cowboy (my Silent Comfort) was far away on a cattle drive – and I was home, watching over our horses and our little Rocky Mountain cabin?

On Christmas Eve I might saddle up on Silent Star – my little Appaloosa – and ride into town.

We would stop at Buffalo Bill’s Irma Hotel. The glimmer of gas lights would beckon. I would tie Silent Star to the hitching post, plant a kiss on her nose, and amble into the bar.

I’d stomp the Cowboy Snow from my boots, tip my Cowgirl Hat, and order a Sasparilla. Then I would silently sneak into the adjoining room just to take a peek at the Christmas tree.

I would imagine “Clay” there with me.

Clay is a good name for my Cowboy. It is a name that belongs to the earth – rooted in scent of pine and sagebrush. A name that is the color of poinsettias just before they bloom.

Clay is comfort – Silent Comfort.

Clay is Christmas. Clay is the snow.

Here we are – “Clay” in spirit – me in the flesh. And the tree, in its Victorian splendor … glowing from the light of those wax candles.

I realize how much I love Christmas. My Cowboy. My horse. My home. Cowboy Snow.

And my life.

I stand here in this glowing framework of my Old West fantasy and can think of only one other thing to tell you …

I wish you love, light, comfort and joy – and the pleasure of a real Cowboy Snow at some point in your life time.

I wish you Silent Comfort … a very Merry Christmas.

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