[stylist] Let's Play

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

This is off the top of my head:

I woke, blankets tucked up to my chin. Cold seeped through my bones. A
groggy fuzz coated my eyes. All I wanted was to return to my Neverland.

Eh, MOM," Declan shouted. My daily alarm alerting me to full
wakefulness.

Sighing, I pushed the blankets back, shivering as I swung my legs over
the bed. Taking a moment, I blinked my swollen eyes, sniffled and rubbed
the middle of my chest where I felt a gritty cough forming.

Slipping into my flip-flops and pulling on a hoodie, I trudged the ten
steps into my son's room.

Warmth greeted me as I pushed his door open. The wooshing murmur of his
space heater and gurggling whisper of his humidifier permeated the room
with white noise.

"Eh!" Declan sounded from his crib.

"Hey, Little Man," I rasped. "ready to get up?" I felt around the bottom
of the crib until my hand grazed Declan's leg.

"Mama."

"Yeah, yeah, you think that cuteness gets you anything."

He jumped to his feet, clutching his monkey puppet under one arm and
reached for me. Lifting his twenty pounds out of the crib, I pulled his
warm body into a hug. He layed his head full of moppy hair on my
shoulder. A quiet suck, suck issued from his mouth as he popped his
binky back in.

"You're Mommy's baby, huh?"

He climbed down my front like a monkey in a palm tree, grabbed my hand
and walked me out of his room, down the hall, through the kitchen and
placed my hand on the fridge door then his high chair.

"Got it, you're hungry."

Looking down at him, I knew he grinned ear-to-ear as a short chuckle met
my comment.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Homme,
James
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 12:19 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] Let's Play


Hi,
Anybody want to play along? Here's a writing prompt.

This morning, I awoke to .

Jim



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