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  • A Conversation With Myself About Returning to Work

    While nursing Jonas

     

    Oh, look at Jonas.  Look at his sweet chubby cheeks and his fragile little toes.  I can't leave him.  How could I ever leave him?  He's so tiny and fragile and needs hugs and kisses and me.

     

    And Axel.  He's such a good big brother.  Look at how he's loading his tools into the back of his truck, one by one.  I love the way his pants sag off his skinny butt and he talks to himself as he pushes the truck into the bedroom.  He's growing up so fast.  I can't leave him.  I can't miss those times when he walks around with tupperware on his head and waves bye-bye to me a dozen times.

     

     

     

    Oh, now he's banging the truck against the wall.  That, I do not love.  Axel, please push the truck through the doorway.  No, not against the doorway - through the doorway.  Through it.  The truck.  Axel.

     

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Oz Spies

Oz Spies in Denver

Oz Spies lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, a firefighter; their son, Axel; and a slightly obese dog and cat. She has a MFA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University.

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