Pinky Kitty

To be a kitten bathing in sunshine

To be a puppy chasing butterflies around the yard

To be a bunny snoozing in my cozy nest

To be a tween watching old Disney shows

To be a kiddo playing with my toys

To be a tot matching shapes and colors

To be a baby cradled and rocked to sleep

Shy kiddo looking at me, fingers tangled together. On the verge of slipping and not, just needing the smallest push. Looking at them back and knowing that they need it, and opening my arms to them.

"Up?" I ask, and watch their eyes light up.

"Up," they say, in the softest voice, coming in to reach for me, and all of a sudden, my baby is swaddled in my arms once again. It's the most comfortable thing I could ask for.

- gifted kid

- mentally matured faster than peers

- “you act so much older than you are!”

- grows up