Six Word Fridays            Six Word Fridays

            Sometimes I know what to expect.
            I think I know, at least.
            What my children will do today.
            Who they will be, for today.

            But they change all the time.
            When I’m not looking, they grow.
            And suddenly: they are new again.
            Not just the little ones, either.
            New skills, new abilities, new patience.

            After a hundred reminders: “Yes, please.”
            Or, “I’d like the next turn.”
            Or, “Would you like to play?”
            Not: “No no no no AAAAAAAAH!”

            The end of an unexpected day:
            All the children, asleep by eight.
            How did that happen, I wonder?

            It’s the growing. Tires them out.
            It’s the playing, makes them rest.
            It’s the becoming. Who they are.
            More of who they will be.

            I did not see it coming.
            And yet… I did. I knew.
            I just forgot to expect it.

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