My Grandson

He recently turned one Got his first hair cut blue jeans with pockets. His gait has changed almost as if he knows he’s headed somewhere not now, maybe when he figures out the door latch. He knows there is power in the remote, the cell phone. He also knows what’s in his diaper But seems confused as to how it got there. I know that he knows more than he is letting on. I think all babies do and keep their secrets because they know we can’t be trusted. I talk to him of great things, rainbows, rabbits, reindeer and the essence of who he is, the miracle of who he may become, not drinking from the dog bowl. He recently turned one Still figuring out the pockets. John G. Lawless ©9/25/2022