Blankets
Across the room, across the hall, the sun is crossing over all the blankets crossed across your bed, the colors, blue and pink and red and purple, too– the whole gamut. Quilts from almost every grandma!
You’re the Mom
You say, “I’m mom, and you’re the baby.” You say, “Okay?” and I think “Maybe.” Then you, the mom, say “Help me please!” You must not know what “baby” means.
Help from a Toddler
Sometimes in the wee hours of the morning our wee child wakes up. And then, with a little help, she goes back to sleep. All that helping leaves me wide awake, alone, in the dark hours of a winter morning. … Continued