The night before I was to deliver our daughter, Danith turned to me in bed and said that he would be sure to take pictures of her for me. I said that I would rather he didn’t. He said that one day I would want pictures. I rested my hands on my belly that hadContinue reading “Taking Them With Me”
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Summer of Growth
Growing up, I yearned for what a small house with a green lawn and a white picket fence represented. I yearned for parents who cherished each other, and who cherished me. I yearned for what I had read about in books and what I had seen on TV and what I had overheard from classmates: laughter atContinue reading “Summer of Growth”
Time Of The Fireflies
In the summer, nearing the end of twilight exists that time of the day when fireflies emerge and flash their bottom. They flutter with their long slender black wings, and light from their glowing ends glimmers among the thick grass, holly berry bushes, and maple trees. While in flight, their bright tails are too finickyContinue reading “Time Of The Fireflies”
Fireflies and Daffodils 