As she pushes her tip toes with a strenuous reach, she can finally see over the railing. Her little blue eyes twinkle in the late evening sky. She reaches her chin up over the wrought iron fence and is just tall enough to see the cascade of flowers that dwindle down the embankment. The fence keeps her safe from falling down as she clenches the bars in her tight grasp still afraid that she might fall. The wind sweeps her hair up off her neck with thousands of stray hairs finding their way into a low tangle onto her shoulders again.
She looks to her left at her mom who is standing beside her as they exchange smiles. Her short haired sister is squeezing her cheeks between the bars as she tries to look down to the flowers below but she can't because she is not tall enough. She looks to her right as watches her big brother pull the few strands of spit back into his mouth as he let a big drop fall down over the bars. Her dad, sitting on the bench behind them all, just watches his family.
Another burst of air swirls around them and she feels the tingle. Then ... ACHOO. Her little face smacks right onto the wrought iron fence. At six years old the only song you long to sing around Christmas is "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".
Today, she is getting closer to singing that song this Christmas. Little Aubrey just knocked two of her front teeth loose with a single sneeze. They are only loose now, not out. But it is one step closer to singing that song this winter!
2 comments:
Thank you Caitlin Suarez for making such a beautiful drawing based on my post. You are a fantastic artist!
I wonder
I just wanted to update you and say...it's official. Aubrey can sing the song.
"Alth, I wanth forth Christhmasth is my twoth front teef."
She's lost 4 on the top and hath a hard time thpeaking.
LOL
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