-10- the next day dawned cold , with a few flakes of snow and a sharp wind . lips touched my jaw just beneath my ear , a hot breath and moist lips . he opened it and started pulling out bottles . he could barely keep his head above water . perhaps it was her gaze that shattered my self-respect as the years went by . `` i thought he was my soul mate . she 's got the body of a twelve-year-old boy . mother of the year award should be on its way . 