Six

It was the worst day ever

she says as she rounds the corner

Lips drawn down

Eyes pale

You have lots of worst days ever

I remind her

She shakes her head

And offers up a small award she got in gym class

See? I raise my brows at her

This is not what she wants

She wants to believe, right then, that everything is awful and bad and wrong

The most horrible

Ever

She lies on the floor of her room like a deflated balloon

Unwilling to tell me why

This is what it’s like to be a man, I think

Momentarily, I pity the other sex, trying to figure us out

I give up and leave

She'll talk when she's ready

Or not

We are in the fecund pool locker room

She changes from her wet suit into dry clothes

Nothing is ever fun

I wither

because I swam through blue-yellow water

teeming with kids

for her

I understand this is payback

But that doesn't stop it from being 

hilariously dreadful

Comments

[Leslie]

You are so good!

[Karen (formerly kcinnova)]

Someday, when she is a mother herself, she will love you for this post.

[M]

Hilariously dreadful! Perfect description of how it is!

[Averil Dean]

My daughter was like this when she was younger. The deflated balloon. Perfect description for a floppy little girl.

[Ashlee]

The most horrible! Of course. The lament of the most horrible day ever is one I understand all too well. There are definitely many worst days ever. ;)

~Ashlee
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[Nichole]

Yesterday I ruined my daughter's life, forever, because I wouldn't buy the Trix yogurt. I feel your pain. Maybe 7 will be less dramatic? (Probably not.)