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