in stripes and 110 degree heat.
i don't need to explain to any mother how long summer days are.
they just are.
and it was by the end of this one that our house wasn't near big enough for myself and all three of them at once so the unruly little chicks were politely booted out back.
i later glanced up through the kitchen window to find them standing there together, huddled around the wooden swing that hangs from our pecan tree while all three busily chased the pink ice cream running over the tops of their cones to their fingers and hands.
small graces.
the sun only held them a few moments more before our summer ended and i called them back in.
pizzas off the grill with guilt-free drinks and spinning hooray for earth - true loves
