Tag: child

• Spying on Santa

  

  Up on my tiptoes, I peerfrom behind the stairs tho I fear.What if I’m caught, is it worth the shotto see Santa delivering my toys? I look for the sign he’s been herebut the cookies and milk are still there.Under the Christmas tree, the skirt lays bare.No evidence yet he has come. A heavy sigh…

  angelkwill

  December 25, 2020

  Poems

  child, christmas, holiday, kids, magical, poem, poet, poetry, santa, tradition

• Christmas Morning Memories

  

  VIGNETTTE December 1987 I sat on the cream-colored sofa and slowly slid my 8-year old body to the edge. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite played in the background as the crackling fire masked the sound of my internal excitement. It was an ice-covered, Oklahoma Christmas morning, and we had opened all the usual presents. The things we…

  angelkwill

  December 23, 2020

  Creative Recess

  child, christmas, comedy, creative writing, gifts, holiday, humor, memoir, memories, nonfiction, short story, vignette