Thinking back from one to eighteen

One for my comfy onesie, a word not invented yet in 1953. Two twins – me and my sis against the world Three favorite foods now are mashed potatoes, corn and chili beans Four times the fun when our two cousins come over Five means we get to go to school; we are in room five Six and losing teeth fast, learning to rhyme- six, fix, icks, micks, licks Seven – my grandpa went to heaven, on November 7 Eight cousins now, five girls and three boys, a tasty number for grandma Nine and learning my multiplication table, nines are the most fun! Ten little Indians – a movie that brings me to Agatha Christie’s books Eleven, two one’s , double sticks, my legs look like an eleven Twelve – one of my friends dies of cancer, twelve o’clock funeral Thirteen -awkward age, I feel thirteen other girls are smarter and prettier Fourteen – a boy much older is staring at me, is this the fourteenth hour? Fifteen – I become best friends with my husband; he is an annoying fifteen Sixteen- nothing sweet about it; no sweet sixteenth party in the Midwest Seventeen – I am working full time at Super Value Store number 17 Eighteen – hopeful for the future, will graduate on May the 18th.