They watched while I played underneath my grandmother’s honeysuckle, sliding the stamens out of the bud and licking the sticky nectar onto my tongue. They smiled as I dropper-fed the tiny bunnies that my daddy found orphaned in our field. They observed every night as I lay on my back, watching my mother’s mouth form words while her voice rose …
Why I Loved My Mother’s Stories (Part 3)
In case you haven’t checked in to Hungry For More in a while, you may want to catch up with the previous parts of this story before jumping into this one. Here is part one and part two. ————————- Mother’s story picked up where she’d left off, “As the little girl rocked her new baby, she remembered the story of baby …