Here is a tear-jerker from my past. In a new house, new neighborhood and BAM! A day to remember… Have a magical rest of the weekend!
Lost. Missed.
by Brenda Davis Harsham
Break my arm
on a dare,
climbing aboard
a rusty, swing set beam.
Father freaks:
“Move your fingers!”
“NO!” word swims
in a red-faced, salty ocean.
Dad wraps arm
in a newspaper.
Blankie dries
every tear. Fingers wiggle.
That night. Sleepless.
Arm throbs. I
realize Blankie
is across town, at the ER.
Parents? “No way.”
Dare? Done.
Courage? Won.
Blankie? Bye. Lost. Missed.
AUTHOR’S PHOTO CAPTION: Me, at two, holding Blankie — lost but not forgotten.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I broke my arm around age six. I grew up in the tough love generation. My stepmother was probably happy that blankie was gone and her daughter on the way toward growing up. Not many kids had blankies in first grade. At that age, I didn’t understand how tired parents can be after a day like that one. I do now. These days, I agree…
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You have a great memory, for such an early age… lovely photo of you too!! I never had a blankie.. don’t think I had anything I was clingy with, not sure why. I guess it saved me a lot of heartache in giving them up. 🙂
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Some of that is based on family retellings, and some based on my memory. The parts I remember myself best are refusing to wiggle my fingers. I thought my dad was nuts for wanting me to move them. Eventually I moved them to get him to leave me alone. And losing my blankie. Although, now that I’m a parent, I understand their point of view better. The heartache has passed. 🙂
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Sad story. Very cute picture!
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It was quite a day! I think it aged my dad. 🙂
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Now our children age us! LOL
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The cycle of life. 🙂
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Yes indeed! 😯
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Wow that photo could be me! We looked very similar as children!
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What a cutie you were! LOL
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😂😂
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🙂
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So cute. Such a great poem.
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A hand sewn gown that stays the course of time, and colors embued into the heart of minds are this poem’s arm. It reaches out to what we need to be reminded of. Lovely, Brenda!
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Too Fabulous for (more) words. 🌹🌹🌹
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As are you! 🙂
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So great to read your extraordinary work again Brenda. I do remember mine, what symbolized my “blankie” ~ oh, the act of soothing. Happy Sunday to you Brenda, before you know it your children will be off and understanding this time as a young adult.
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I look forward to hearing them as young adults. They already have such incredible insights. Thanks for stopping by.
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A sad story. It’s so hard to lose precious things, even as an adult. 😦 I didn’t have a blankie as a child but I was a thumb sucker for a while. )
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It’s wonderful that children self-soothe without food or drugs as crutches. I watch my daughter, and she seems so happy and stable with her buddies. It’s never that simple for adults. Maybe it should be.
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It should be!
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aw, so sad, but fond memories of it forever – love the pic
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Blurry, but me. 🙂
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Wow. I was raised by that generation too. I love the details. I cried with you.
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Thanks, Jone. I hoped I wasn’t making it so short it didn’t still tell the story. Short is better with sad things, I think.
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