The Boy
NEXT
The full depth of the situation is slowly sinking in.
"Yeah," I thought, "Baby." "Neat."

But the 'toothless worm' as I call him now is determined to grow and become something or someone else.
Someone who needs a dresser.
Someone who needs stitches.
Someone who needs orange slices for half-time at the soccer match.

The entire spectrum of the things he will need is, ... is, ....unfathomable.

Allright. Let's just take this one minute at a time.

At this pace, each minute is almost unbearably pleasant.