Bedtime Story for Adults: The Pillowmaker’s Garden

Sleep Story for Adults to Calm the Mind and Ease into Rest (Before Your Dream)

By: Fedor Alphenaar

Narrated by: Peter McGiffen

The Pillowmaker’s Garden is a gentle bedtime story for adults—a poetic tale of stillness, care, and the quiet beauty of ordinary hands.

At the edge of a silent village, a walled garden hums softly at dusk. Beneath an apricot tree, a humble pillowmaker works in the fading light, filling soft linen cases with herbs, feathers, and memory. Every pillow he shapes carries a trace of the day—the scent of lavender, the hush of rain, the warmth of stones cooling at sunset.

As the evening deepens, the garden becomes his companion. Ivy drifts across the walls, bees move lazily through the air, and the gentle rhythm of his craft turns into a kind of prayer. Each stitch is a breath, each thread a promise to those who have forgotten how to rest.

This sleep story for adults moves at the pace of calm itself—quiet, rhythmic, and deeply comforting. It invites you to slow your breathing, to follow the pulse of language like the steady motion of a hand through cloth. There is no drama here, no urgency, only presence: a reminder that peace can be made by hand.

Written in the signature voice of the Before Your Dream series, The Pillowmaker’s Garden blends poetic imagery with emotional warmth. It is perfect for gentle evenings, slow mornings, or any moment when the world feels too loud.

Let this story carry you toward stillness—to the quiet space between day and sleep, where every breath feels like the beginning of a dream.

©2025 Mr Fedor Alphenaar (P)2025 Mr Fedor Alphenaar