A Mullet Jumping
We were walking around an arts and crafts festival when we happened upon a piece of folk art that got Deborah’s heart to thumping…
It was a colorful piece…made out of wood…in its center was a yellow mullet…jumping.
And when she read the message on the art:
‘The happy mullet jumps for the pure joy of being alive’
Her memory instantly transported her back to a day when she was five.
In a boat…with her dad upon the water…is where this memory led…
When he asked her, “Why do you think that mullet jumped?”
“Because he’s happy to be alive.” She said.
Seeing that folk art mullet jumping was truly a surprise…
and it brought a smile to her face…and a few tears to her eyes.
For a moment…when she saw it…her dad was alive…they were together…and a little girl was, once again, enthralled…
Needless to say that jumping mullet…now hangs upon our wall.
Where every time she passes it…
she’ll feel a lot of happy…and a little sad…
as she remembers a time in a boat upon the water…
with a mullet jumping…
and being together with her dad.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2021
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