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Week Six Colic

walking rocking most of the night nursing humming no end in sight drinking tea and walking my screaming boy out to the deck in the dead of night stars and quiet, owls hoot dogs nose always on my knee he wants to know how can this be? what happened to our simple life our reading fests our silent nights? now we walk we never rest who is this noisy unrepentant pest? he licks the baby sniffs his hair breaks the cry midair he puts his head back on my knee now can things go back like they used to be?

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Patrick Cornwall

Date: 4/27/2012 6:37:00 AM

i loved this and remember thinking terrible things to make it stop..Patrick

Patrick Cornwall

Date: 4/27/2012 6:36:00 AM

My son had colic enjoyed..Congrats on feature...patrick

Daver Austin

Date: 4/26/2012 2:58:00 PM

Yes. Animals are really with it. Congrats on the selection. daver

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/25/2012 10:54:00 AM

Hello, Veronica,,Congratulations with your featured poem on the soup... ;-) always~PD

Ann Roske

Date: 4/23/2012 8:58:00 AM

Brings back memories - our little dog used to sit in my lap right under my daughter. Enjoyed your verse this morning.

Veronica Joseph

Date: 4/10/2009 6:56:00 AM

My first "aha" moment as a mother came when my daughter was born and I suddenly realized all the work my mother had done just to keep me alive...pretty humbling when you think about it. Dogs have been the most steadfast source of love and good companions through the best and the worst times, and they want their people to be happy. This dog, however, was my "dog of a lifetime" and I miss him every day.

John Loving Iii

Date: 4/9/2009 2:05:00 PM

thanks for the explaination about the dog. they are our gift from God. and i'm sure that someone thinks your mighty special even though they know nothing about the nights you spent awake. nice of you to write this, i'll have to think of my mother. jhl

Veronica Joseph

Date: 4/9/2009 11:23:00 AM

My son is grown now, but I will never forget those days, ever, the emotions that bind are there still. Without my dog I could never have made it through those long days and nights. Thank you so much for your kind words and praise.

L'Nass Shango

Date: 4/9/2009 10:18:00 AM

And even amidst this moment of primary discomfort, you take the hurt like God takes dirt, and make such a beautiful thing. high regards forever

Sharon Winter

Date: 4/9/2009 8:23:00 AM

Aww, don't know who to feel more sorry for, you or baby. So difficult to go through. It's been a long time, but I remember. Good luck. Hope he feels better soon and you all get much needed rest. Love, Shar

Veronica Joseph

Date: 4/9/2009 7:12:00 AM

What they told me would last 3 months lasted six, but he's grown now - all my kids had some form of colic and I remember those long nights walking...walking! Thank you for your kind words Diane.

Diane Christian

Date: 4/8/2009 1:19:00 PM

aww a sweet poem , I remember colic very well, I Have four children, LOL gripe water works a treat worked for all of mine.. God bless you from diane