From Now On

“From now on, I’ll be good, Mom,” my son said. This came after not too few tears for him I'd shed. It used to be once he got out of bed, my boy would get in trouble! He was led by some strange drumbreat pounding in his head! While other children liked to have books read to them, he’d throw his to the floor instead! He wasn’t treated cruelly or underfed, yet often out in public, I would fill with dread from his behavior or when he saw red. He broke his toy cars, his bike and sled. I felt like I was hanging by a thread; I wondered if my boy would ever wed! The year he started changing, my fears fled. "From now on, I'll be good, Mom," my son said. May 25, 2018 For the "From Now On" Contest of Nayda Ivette Negron Note: This is only marginally fictionalized. Later he joined the Marines, put himself through law school and wed!