Chitter Chatter

It is once again time for me to start posting some of my poems. I am going to start on them over the next few days. I have been writing a great deal over the past few months and even more so the past couple of weeks. I am not sure as to where all of the emotions and feelings are coming from (well I kida know where) but I have not been able to write for years. I guess that certain people in my life affect me in a specifc way and the evident feelings need to put on paper as to get them out of my system. As I have stated before ...I don't claim to be a writer but I do claim to have the need to express my feelings and emotions.

My 6year old son, Gavin, comes to me yesterday and whimpers that his tooth is loose. Although it seemed to bother him a slight bit he also had a look of excitement in his eyes as he wiggle the loose tooth in front of me. I felt the tooth and it was just a bit loose not anything that I thought anymore about.

Today while cleaning the kids bedroom Gavin again comes in the room full of total excitement and some pain showing me his now extremely loose tooth. He was complaing because he couldn't chew a piece of bubble gum because it made his tooth hurt. I told him the most reasonable thing I could think of... "So, don't chew any bubble gum then." I looked at his tooth one more time and wiggled the tiny thing myself. Yet again, it felt quite loose and even more so than the day before but I didn't really expect anything to come of it for a few days yet.

I send Gavin to get a bath and told him to make sure he brushed his teeth real well. Once more he had a complaint, "Mom I can't brush my teeth because my...