ginger

On the way home after a long weekend apart, she delighted me with her expressions, exclamations, and finally, her tired ramblings:

"Mom, I'm so sleepy..but I don't want to sleep and the music will make me so turn it off please...and I'm SO hungry((for her second supper))..I'm so hungry I may eat your car."

I asked her to leave me the steering wheel and pedals(we were only halfway home).

"Don't worry, Mom..I'll only eat the middle of the car. If I eat more than that I'll get you a new one."

I missed her voice so much this time.