One Little Nest

Saturday, June 2, 2012

But she wouldn't smile.

4/25/2012

Posted by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard at 2:37 PM

Diapers, dog hair.

Unmatched socks.

Forgotten things,

delivered to school.

Teenager. Toddler.

Mom. Dad. Stepdad.

Neurotic cat, jealous dog.

Another cat, the best one,

who crosses the street too often.

One family, one city.

Laughing a lot.

But not all the time.

Stephanie Parsley Ledyard: Writer, teacher, reader. My debut picture book, PIE IS FOR SHARING, to be illustrated by Jason Chin, will be published by Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press in winter 2018. I have an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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