Topher's minutes-old fingers were scaly-white and wizened. As I held him for the first time, I marveled at the similarity between those hands and the wrinkled ones of my grandparents, of my great aunts and uncles. I touched the creases. He was my little old man in a hospital room that buzzed with being born. Two days later, on the morning of our departure, I held my son in my lap while The Partner showered in the bathroom. I had given birth on the very same bed, in the very same room, but now it seemed a different place in the sun and the silence. I saw the brightness of Topher's finger flakes and thought again about how old his new parts shone. I cried then, not just with a hormonal surge, but with the pressure of an entire lifetime laid out on a tiny pair of hands. I sobbed so loud and long that The Partner heard me from behind the heavy institutional door. He emerged from the bathroom to ask what I was crying about. "Nothing," I said. "Nothing." Christoph...
i so want to hang out w/ you.
ReplyDeleteDid you hear about the Polish man that locked his keys in his car?
ReplyDeleteHe had to use a coat hanger to get his family out.
Im polish! Don't anyone get mad!
A Polish man was suffering from constipation, so his doctor prescribed suppositories. A week later the Pole complained to the doctor that they didn't produce the desired results.
ReplyDelete"Have you been taking them regularly?" the doctor asked.
"What do you think I've been doing," the Pole said, "Shoving them up my ass?"
What jen said.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm putting in a request for some drunk blogging. Is funny.
ReplyDeleteIrish/Pole here too. Drunk and stupid too. But not now. Which is unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteNow you've got me wondering what you would write if I left a bottle of tequila on your doorstep.
ReplyDeleteBinky, we have to meet.
ReplyDeleteThink of the fun we would have. I'm Polish too.
My grandpappy was an alcoholic german pole.
Know what that means?
He was a mean stupid drunk.
Snicker.
Sad, but unfortunately very true.
However, I'm just a happy stupid drunk. Who has inappropriate frisky tendencies while drinking...
Why don't you scooch a little closer?
You've inspired me to post a joke today! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is hilarious because its true!
ReplyDeleteyes, and yes. :-)
ReplyDeleteand me too!
what's even funnier - i'm dating a ukrainian at the moment - so we drink a lot of vodka - i have some fun stories to share with you soon!