Tooth Fairy Emergency
Note under baby girl’s pillow: “I swallowed my tooth by axident. give me moeney still please. love …… to tooth fairy”
Nape
I stand in front of my mirror, examining my body, checking for new lines, blemishes, wrinkles, those things that come with a maturing body. I hold up my hair to get an unfettered view of my back and realise for the first time that no matter how I twist and turn, I cannot see the …
Mirrors
I’m breaking all my mirrors, that bad luck don’t phase me. When I look in your eyes, your reflection of me is the only mirror that I need.
Don’t
Don’t look at me that way It makes me want to stay Forget everything I thought I had to do And spend my days in love with you Don’t make me smile like that Now I feel so relaxed I want to feel like this forever Sail away on a boat to wherever Don’t touch …
Growing up West Indian
I so want my children to grow up West Indian With the carefree confidence of children who know the world belongs to them
The Letter
Dear Mom and Dad, I am writing this letter because I finally understand my life.
English as a Foreign Language
My children began their schooling in the United States. One afternoon, shortly after they moved here, I overheard them speaking about one of their friends and they mentioned that he or she spoke “Kittitian”.
Our Way
Older child was upset with younger child and ordering her around in a not-so-nice voice. I told him that this was not a nice way to talk, and she chimes in “Yes, Mitchell’s don’t talk to people like that.”
Snatched Air
I swear that it was the 100th time she had called my name, pleading, plaintively, “Mommy” from the backseat of the car as I battled traffic to get her to school on time and get back to a 9:15 meeting. “What do you want!” I snapped. I did not look back, but in my mind’s …
Royal Matters
Baby girl announces she is now a princess. Me: “OK Baby girl.” She corrects me: “Say OK Princess.”