PhotoPrompt: Lined up and Ready to go!

Source: Delores @thefeatherednest

Mommy said the old house across this street was gonna be tornd-ed down.  That the big yellow machines would come and zam blatt roar!  The house will be mowed down.   Just like that!

I got my trucks and yellow machines all ready.  When they need extra help, man oh man, I’m gonna help ‘em. 

See?  They’re lined up and ready to go!

I Am Done

I have been in brain-fog-cobweb mode for nearly a week now.  Part of it is the hot dry weather we are having.  Another part is a barometric pressure induced migraine. 

But, the main part is where I am in life.

Source:  Wikipedia    The linebackers are ready to mow down anyone who threatens their quarterback.

Being a parent has always been a definer of my life.  I am “Mommy” or “Mom”.  Used to taking charge:  Charging forward, mouth first; and then, falling backward, butt down on the ground. 

Source: Wikipedia   The quarterback controls the play

Basically, as a parent, I am intransitive, inactive, and definitely on the sidelines.  I am done.

Source: Wikipedia   You're going down, mister.

That is a hard thing to admit that my active solve-problems parenting is over. That I have been moved to second string.  Or, out all together.

My assignment now:  1. Be ‘grandma’ when needed; 2. Observe and listen; 3. Be silent; and, 4. Leave gracefully. 

Man.  For one who has been a front linesman/quarterback all her life, it is hard to become the water-boy.

PhotoPrompt:

Although it is Tuesday, Sept. 4, I am putting forward this photo of two children on a farm in 1959.

What would you write about them?  What are they about to do?  Why is the boy carrying an adult lunch box?  Look at the girl--dressed in cute shoes and pretty dress and blouse.

Write a poem, prose, short story, or just a reaction to these two little children!  Link it back to this site, and check out the other participants on the right side bar beneath the rabbit.