A Thought About Love #5 — Morning Juice

 

Living long enough,
you start to see
the old sayings were true.

"Love flows downward."

Sometimes,
I think of my late mother-in-law.

She knew I liked spicy food,
so she always made a side dish of anchovies
with hot green peppers, just for me.

Even when she wasn't happy with me,
"He just didn't get enough love, growing up."
She felt sorrier for me
than for herself.

· · ·

I've been married to her youngest daughter
for twenty years now.

Now our kids are receiving
the same love she taught,
passed all the way down.

And somehow,
that same feeling
has found its way into me too.

Setting aside the wish
for ten more minutes of sleep,
I make juice for the kids.