This Boy

knocked on the window the other day. I went over. He said, “Open up!” So, I opened the window. Over the sill, he handed me a beautiful but withered bunch of leaves.

I said, “What do you want me to do with this? Is this one of your collections?” “No,” he said, with a little giggle that showed that he thought that it was very silly that I did not know the exact function of this leaf bunch. “Well,” I said, “what do we do with it, then?” He said, “Here, now, you bend down and then we kiss under it — LIKE MISTLETOE!”

The Smoocher.

I never want to forget that moment….his gap-filled baby tooth smile, the sun on his hair, those big blue eyes, his fierce and happy way of taking life by the horns.

Have a beautiful Friday, y’all!