Tag: perspective
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The Forsythia
The forsythia blossoms open in a brilliant gold we haven’t seen since last year. I notice the shape the two large shrubs make in the world. It is a lopsided, arching sort of shape cut to make room for the babes to run into and hide and giggle and squabble and babble beneath. We try…
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Walking Notes
We’re walking along and walking along and nothing much changes. And all of a sudden we melt because everything feels horrible and we cry about our socks not fitting right, something we wouldn’t have cried about yesterday. My little one went all to tears the other day. I said her namely loudly, exasperated. She belted…
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to be happy with
When my fourth baby is a few months old I lie with my back on the floor, fingers reaching one way, toes the other, and the hem of my shirt pulls away from the waistband of my pants. My three-year-old daughter who kneels beside me asks, “Why is your belly so wrinkly?” My immediate shock…
Amy Secrist 