lila often wondered about why she was like this: with the twins, who were busy in kindergarten, eileen, a quiet first-grader following in her mother's footsteps, and ella, just one month old. lila was too busy with her children to have quiet writing time.
she decided she was to get a babysitter and go to the public gardens to write.
when she discussed this with the children, their immediate response was no.
"i'll miss you, mom," said eileen.
"don't go," said emmett.
"we don't like babysitters," said elijah.
"waaa!" said ella.
but lila insisted.
the next day lila packed up pen, pencil, paper, and ideas and left the sitter in charge. she headed to the garden. she supposed it would be easy without eileen interrupting her and elijah climbing on her and emmett bouncing a ball around and ella wailing at her.
she arrived, unpacked, and thought for a minute, then she repacked and went home.
being a mom was more important.
anyway, she had more ideas with all the children hopping around.
i like so many things about this. all the kids have e names. lila searching for a way to satisfy her craving for writing. talking it over with her kids. trying out a garden for inspiration. re-evaluating her current priorities and recognizing where her true inspiration could be found.
ReplyDeletewow. i did not expect to find so much to consider in such a short story. i look forward to more!
i like this story! :)
ReplyDeletethanks! this blog is a bit of an experiment for me, so i'm glad someone likes it!
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