The picture swims into view, fuzzy at first, then sharpens
The man, his beard once streaked with grey, now completely white, sits slumped in a chair. We can see most of the room around him, toys scattered on the floor, legos waiting for unsuspecting feet. A random piece of a small child's clothing is hanging off the coffee table.
We hear noise, faint at first, then much louder. We instinctively reach for the volume control and find it gone.
A child rushes into view, blonde hair bouncing. We see the old man's eyes blearily trying to focus on the girl. "Juice!" she screams, causing the man to wince. "I want cheese!!" As we rub our ears, she zips across the room to a large toy box, bending over and flinging toys back over her shoulder. We see the man struggle to his feet and walk unsteadily out of view, as he passes we hear the plaintive word 'sleep' come from his parched lips.
Let us leave them now, we've seen enough. With pity in our hearts we wish him well.
Actually, as some of you have guessed, we're having a great time. The tone of the post was just something that occurred to me.
My heart bleeds purple p--- for you, buddy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are in your element and having a grand time. (Love how you wrote this - cool beans, Mike!)
Sounds like you are having a time of it.
DeleteIn fact, it reads like an intro to Twilight Zone...deedeedee-de, deedeedee-de, deedeedeede-dumdumdum!
DeleteSteve, a great time actually.
DeleteA grand time indeed, Martha.
DeleteWhat a wonderful face to greet the morning, and the Grandpa! She wears the Adorable GrandDaughter crown with ease and grace, judging by her image.
DeleteThis is reality TV's version of reality and we almost believe it but maybe then again maybe not. Babysitting With Mike shoots to the top of the ratings...:)
ReplyDeleteYou got it, TB. Ain't they great?
DeleteHeavy is the pity.
ReplyDeleteA light dose will be fine.
DeleteCracked in seven days, eh?
ReplyDeleteSometimes appearances are deceiving.
DeleteIt's funny, but I think all kids desire the same things. Juice! Cheese! Those are the war cries of our four year old as well. Heh..
ReplyDeleteI can't remember back 35 years to what mine were, probably something like that.
DeleteI haven't had the grandchild experience (and not for a while,I hope!) but I do have blurry memories of the all-consuming nature of young chilcd
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a oft-told thing, telling parents-to-be how much their life will change, but boy is it true.
DeleteGlad to hear you're having fun. Your granddaughter is beautiful and sounds astonishingly normal.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what you mean, but yes it is somewhat astonishing. Before she was born she was given a less than 50% chance of survival, and likely to have severe health issues if she did. I'll do a post about that sometime, and make people look up the words 'giant omphalocele'.
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