The phone is ringing again as you try to ignore its insistence while you finish shampooing your baby’s silky blonD haIr.
The winnerS of the cake decorating contest you entered are beginning to be announced when you have to whisk away your crying toddler still holding Tightly to the now empty container of the spilled milkshake bought for the two of you to shaRe.
A line is loudly blurted out by your son in the preschool play when he Couldn’t remember his line, so he made one up.
While your friend is wearing his favorite hunting boots, it becomes The spot to mark by your pup.
The oldest Is going to tend the younger siblings and the house is neat and tidy when you leave for a meeting, but when an acquaintance who has never been in your house brings you home and helps take things in from the car, the scene greeting yOu both is your living room disguised as a fort built with all the creativity children can muster to delay checking the chore chart.
As you sing the lullaby and stare deeply into the eyes of your child you pause when for moment you feel you have seen into his soul and kNow his heart.
Those fancy boots look like a perfect spot for a dog to mark. I like how you included the word "distraction" in the story.
ReplyDeleteA real test of friendship for sure. Thank you. It was a last minute attempt to include the word. I had originally had it in the SSS, but decided to do some editing and didn't realize, almost too late, that I had cut out the part with the prompt word in it.
DeleteI love this, Pat! So very clever how you got the prompt in there AND made the whole thing rhyme! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dyanne. Sometimes one just needs to try something different.
DeleteExcellence personified, Pat. A pure pleasure to read.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Doug.
DeleteWhat a clever way to use the prompt!
ReplyDeleteYour scenarios were so vivid, as well!
Thank you. I think there have been others who have done something similar, but I don't remember now who did it.
DeleteReally neatly done, Pat! I can just picture that fort.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I suspect any mother or grandmother may recall the forts that have been built in their homes.😊
DeleteI especially like the last sentence.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Very special moments.
DeleteThe others have said it better than I can, an excellent Six in both story and form.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I thought of another writer, (as I often do when reading Sixes), though it might sound strange, but E.E. Cummings came to mind.
go figure, lol
Good Six.
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Thanks Clark. I can see how one could see a few similarities in my SSS to some of e e cummings works. I remember my high school English teacher giving us some assignments to read some of his works. I found his writing fascinating, kind of anything goes.
DeleteGood use of the cue. Good six. I agree with Clark about the EEC reference.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYou have summed up parenthood quite nicely!
ReplyDeleteI love the playfulness of your Six Pat, sprinkling the first letters of the prompt word about, guiding your story. Well done and fun to boot!
ReplyDeleteSuperbly crafted, Pat, and the 2nd person narration chucks us right into the middle of all that family chaos! Love the fort part, so visual and true.
ReplyDeleteFord, Atomic Mage
Great use of the prompt and a tale that will have a familiar ring to may a parent I'm sure Nice one Pat.
ReplyDeleteMy Six!