SLICE OF LIFE

Just last week  

I drove sixty miles

through a torrential downpour

and rush hour traffic

to meet you

I cuddled and rocked you

six pounds of pure spunk

all that black hair

"She looks like Elvira,"

said the nurse

and you really kind of did

yesterday

you and I

played water ballet

in pools around the world

spinning and diving 

floating on our backs

toes pointed skyward 

giggling always giggling

"Again, Auntie Carol,

let's do it again."

and we did

again 

and again

and again

this morning

you, newly graduated,

Baylor's marketing student of the year

will get on a plane

and move across the country

set up your apartment

make new friends

find a yoga class

 then in ten days

you will start your 

first adult job

probably making more money 

than your teacher auntie 

has ever made

Godspeed, dear girl, godspeed…