sometimes you say “I love you” and even though you mean it, you say it out of habit. My youngest daughter replied “I love you too” during homework one day, and then a moment later, “I really do.” It was so heartfelt and honest it made me want to take back all the “I love [...]
Posts Tagged ‘daughter’
over homework she said
Posted in poem, tagged daughter, homework, love on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cemeteries at stop lights
Posted in poem, tagged cemetery, cursed, daughter, hold breath, stop lights, worms on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
one day my daughter and I were trying to figure out why there weren’t more worms on the driveway considering how much it had rained lately. She gave me the first lines to this poem. It seemed as logical as anything else.
Later that day she and my other daughter (they’re twins) were holding their breath [...]
