This Unplanned Life

The tire swing sways gently in the breeze;
the children's gleeful screams fill the air.
A comforting aroma of baking cookies
wafts across the yard
to the man in the driveway.
He glances toward the house,
sees me through the window,
and smiles.

Tutor, maid, chauffeur,
doctor, nurse, chef.
Story-teller.
Disciplinarian.
Somebody's mother;
Somebody's wife.

That is where I am now.
This is WHO I am now.

Is it as hard to believe
for you
as it is for me?
I never thought
that I would be this woman.

I thought I would always
be your woman.

Copyright 2014 S. Sieglaff