Laura waded into the pool, CJ clinging to her shoulders. He squealed in delight as they floated through the cold water. Laura’s job was to distract him while her mother vivisected Anna’s marriage.
They spread towels on the grass next to the pavers. CJ watched the ants build sandcastles between the bricks and asked, ‘Are we giants to ants?’ He thought, ‘I wonder what we look like to people bigger than us?’ Laura watched him settle back, his little body taut, his eyes cerulean like the sky into which they peered.
This is how Laura always needs to remember him.
They spread towels on the grass next to the pavers. CJ watched the ants build sandcastles between the bricks and asked, ‘Are we giants to ants?’ He thought, ‘I wonder what we look like to people bigger than us?’ Laura watched him settle back, his little body taut, his eyes cerulean like the sky into which they peered.
This is how Laura always needs to remember him.
