GRANDMOTHER TOUCHDOWN, w/Author's Note

A few years back my mother, someone I always thought of as nervous and frail, not unlike a hummingbird, made the most amazing catch of my toddler son who was flying through the air after taking a tumble on the stairs. It was a beautiful moment that forever changed the way I see my strong, intuitive mother.

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GRANDMOTHER TOUCHDOWN

It took all of your
Focused vision
Incredible timing
And intuitive movement
To haul in the catch,
 
Not letting the boy—
Thrown in a tumbling spiral
By the reckless clumsy
Stair maneuvers
Customary of a toddler—
 
Hit the hard ground.