It feels like your heart is walking around outside your body
Twirling through unimaginable feats
And landing
Watching, pulsing breath caught in your throat
A pause, a pump, and falling again
Then getting back up, breathless
the beats thumping
from the outside-in
A slow smile spreading
Yes, this is how parenthood feels…
taking after their favorite aunt nancy who with a cast on her right foot was still climbing trees and playing croquet. I was placing my casted foot on top of my ball and hitting it really hard to drive Marcia’s ball far away. Mom had to have another cast put on before the broken foot healed … I wore it out. I love that your kids are like that :):):)
Haha…you know, maybe they need to come spend some quality time with their Aunt Nancy the Great….wait– all of you together might be a bit much for the east Valley… Love you Nancy