Mondays With Meredith Ann

Yes, I look at mice.
I play with them too.
Until the yellow dog took it.
Why did Mom get her ?

She had her own toy

and still was found chewing mine.

Later she was napping.

Like nothing happened.

I know something is going on.

Mom has her suitcase out.

She told me that she's going

 to Sedona, Arizona.

Is she taking the dogs ?

~ Meredith Ann ~

(Mom says I'll be ok.

Mr. Boatman & son are

going to watch over me

while Mom is on her

mini vacation)



I Have Them Now

There was a time when going

 on vacation was so much fun.

The thrill of the new.

The sun in our faces.

Resting together.

When the times got older,

 it wasn't.

The edge in his voice.

The look of my face.

Screaming and yelling were the norm.

And for a moment,

I would think.

Looking out those tall windows.

At the people walking around.

What if I left ?

Walked out the door.

Who would know ?

Two kids at the table.

So I turned back and left those thoughts.

Going back into my world.

When we left,

I took those two small

salt and pepper shakers.

To this day, I have them.

Sitting on my cabinet.

In my small way,

 they remind me of that day.

Those weeks. That time.

Shiny but small.

Cute as can be.

To me, they mean my freedom.

~ JC ~

(this time it is an almost true story.

 on a vacation we stopped in Vegas.

as my kids were yelling

and my world seemed totally unglued,

i did look out those windows.

 i took those two small salt and peppers with me.

 i have them now. )

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