My Private Wobegon

stories from home

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By Jeff Thompson

I stood in the shower this morning while the rest of the house slept, and reached for the soap to wash away the grime of yesterday.

I smile at the image my son imprinted on the dwindling bar during last night's bath.
There is a recollection of my wincing admonition to put the soap down, as he held it to his mouth and sunk his teeth into one end like a
sandwich.

He only smiled as I took it from his miniature hands and lay it out of reach, too young to somehow know that it was meant to taste bad or that there could come a day when his words might implore me to return the bitterness of it to his mouth.

Now it is my turn to bathe, and I lose my smile as the half moon indentation made by his toddler's teeth, melts away from its glistening white surface, defenseless against the change.


Jeff Thompson
Jeff Thompson lives and works in Dayton, Ohio with his wife Julie, their two year old son, Luke, and Luke's baby brother or sister-to-be, due in December 2003. When he's not hard at play with his family, he spends his days as a marketing manager for the Dayton Dragons Baseball Team, a minor league affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.

He spends the rest of his time completing his first novel, a murder mystery, and manages to sleep occasionally. Jeff may be contacted at JJandLThompson@aol.com.


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