Join me in the
Five Minute Friday Challenge hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker. Participants write for 5 minutes
with no editing, no over thinking, and no backtracking. This week’s word is: Again.
(Go)
I wake
to the sounds of my Aspie boy getting into things. Again.
Sorting
that out I climb back into bed again – hoping for a few more minutes please.
At
breakfast he pours himself a massive bowl of muesli and argues with me. Again.
Feet in
places they ought not to be. Fingers touching, poking, prodding, annoying,
hassling; reminders to leave little brother alone. Again.
Little
brother speaks and big brother gets fanatically picky. Again.
How many
times can you give a child time out before they grasp why? I don’t know but we
did it. Again and again.
Sent to
the bathroom to wash hands but found five minutes later almost climbing the
basin. Again.
Leave
your fingers alone please child. Stop picking the skin off your toes. Again.
Frowning,
over-reacting to every little thing I ask. Again.
Why God,
why? Again. Help me to have patience and understanding again.
Little
brother in my lap. Sweet smooches and snuggles. Delicate butterfly kisses up
and down my arm. Again and again.
Big
brother watching quietly. Then holding his arm out as if he were the lady, “He’s
like a French man,” he observes as he mimics a kiss on his hand. Next, his best
French accent with nose high in the air, “Mah-dom!”
Laughter,
so much laughter. Again.
(Stop)
Now, your
turn…
