Monday, February 23, 2015

Family.


An old guitar and a stand up bass. Turkey noodle soup and apple pie. Sheep in the pasture and kids on the deck. Art on the walls and crayons on the floor. Curling hair and baking bread. Dancing in the living room and reading in bed. Getting out the dictionary (app) in the middle of the night, staying up all night to paint the walls. Walking empty streets and living in full houses. Singing with the tea kettle, to the baby, in the shower...Yes, sometimes all at once. Scrabble and chamomile, and cribbage with coffee. Dr. Seuss and Charles Dickens and Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and Fanny's Dream. Big table, small kitchen, neither ever empty. Hobos on the couch and kids sleeping in the sailboat.
A house smaller on the outside than what it held inside it.

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