Ollie: Surprise stunning ease. (Here are the other kids, originally published on June 23, 2011 as a part of a writing exercise.) Aidan: Complicated painful delight. Ryley: Natural, shaking, ecstatic. Sam: Sleepy, sudden, lunchtime. Tommy: Racing, sinking, racing. Joel: Flashbacks, hushed, gratefulness. Beatrix: Prolapse, cutting, alive. Archie: Kicking down door. Teddy: Backward, bound, freed. 
Ollie is six months old. The past half-year arced from birth to now with a leisure I’ve never experienced. Time moved slowly, plodding up and down the rows of weeks, back and forth, until we found ourselves on the other side of the sun. Instead of a looming winter, we see summer on the horizon. […] 
Last Saturday, I featured my Odd Children. In the spirit of making things even, here are The Evens. They may be outnumbered, but they have the toddler in their ranks. He has the will and charm of two people, plus ten. Official Even roll-call with birth order: Ryley (2), Tommy (4), Beatrix (6), […] |
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