New Reflections

She's five and already telling me she can't wait to straighten her hair. I am almost 35 and responding with phrases like

      I woke up at 6:30 and was still rushing to get out of the front door by 8:30. We had a 15 minute drive ahead of us to make the bus for the  pumpkin patch, our lunches were packed, and Buttercup was sitting pretty on the couch watching TV while I rushed [...]