Christmastide

For many of us, Christmas is all about family get-togethers.

Last year we spent with this big sister and her four younger siblings

and I showed her I could cover her with stars.

We were going to go again this year, but S fell and we have to wait until

his cracked rib feels like a trip in the car.

This is a view from the emergency room where we found out the news 

and S got a tetanus shot because he also scraped his leg when he fell.

This is the haiku that made me decide to do a Christmasy post. It is by my friend,

Patricia and appears in the new Mariposa.

Christmas dinner---

I let my sister tell the story

her way

pjm

Mariposa 31, page 17