the lion sleeps tonight

one year ago
liam was conceived.
last year, after indulging on
guiness and a blue-cheese burger
and costume watching in fells point,
we made it happen.



one year later i found my mama-self
in the front room of the red canoe
(a childrens book store slash coffee shop
slash yoga studio slash community hang)
with tiny bumble bees and skeletons
and tuxedoed sprouts and lambs
and princesses running around
my sleeping little lion.

it doesn't get any better than this.