These Hands

For the past twenty years these hands have tended babies, washed dishes, driven the carpool, made crafts with the Girl Scout troop, made heart-shaped lunch sandwiches, brushed knots out of hair and folded countless loads of laundry. They are the hands of a housewife, mother, Girl Scout leader and parent club president. Now I am reclaiming them. They might do the dishes if I am in the mood, but probably not! (Ha ha ha). These are my hands. May 18, 2008.