Uppies

A million moments and first times meshed in the video of my mind. My young, tenderhearted, caring boy, who reached for me to carry him—“Uppies, Mommy, uppies”—down the hallway […]

When Daddy Gives Me Uppies When Daddy gives me uppies / Then I soar just like a plane, / It's bad I weigh five hundred pounds, / But good he has a crane.

How dare he leave me? Then I'm up. I'm up and bathing and dressed and eating a fish on the stone terrace. I'm terribly thin; I hear Thale tell Simon. The baby smiles at me in big surprise and holds her arms up to me. Uppies, uppies!

“Mind giving Amelia a ride too? You know how much the kids love your piggyback rides. Plus I think you have a better view of the stage.” Amelia immediately began pulling, asking for “uppies,” and Haru obliged her[…]