Can I Speak To Wilford Please
Oh, no, crumb.
It’s the adult again.
Dare I ask for a grandchild?
I don’t really want to speak to anyone else.
Would it be rude?
Who cares?
Can I please speak to Wilford?
Mom, Wilford is only 7 months old.
I know, but I want to hear that baby gurgle today.
I need it.
Oh, good grief.
We’ll Face time you in 20.
The next 19 minutes crawl by, seem more like 19 hours.
Aha!
Face time works. I get to see the baby.
If you do not have a grandchild yet, you have no idea how
Precious every second becomes after they arrive.
And I have ten of them; TEN!
My cup runneth over the kitchen table, onto the floor, and out
The door where six grandchildren are waiting with water guns
To spray grandma.
Because I squeal and shriek and jump up and down and dunk
Them into garbage cans full of water, and grandchildren love that!
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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