Mommy!

photo by Sandy Cummings

One too many Tom & Jerry jelly jar glasses of juice sit in my four- year-old bladder. Someone should be monitoring my fluid intake more carefully. Documenting it.

Mom carefully climbs the minivan up the narrow Bourne Bridge. I watch the Cape Cod Canal splash beneath me from the backseat. “Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom.” I say. “Ok Rachey, we’re almost home.” 

Approximately three seconds pass before, “Mommy, I’m GOING to the bathroom!”