When I was a boy

 When I was a boy , 

When I was a boy, 5 or 6 years old , My mother had an allergic reaction to penicillin. She had large welps rise up all over her body.

She was very sick but didn’t want to go the hospital at 1st.

I felt so helpless . My momma was sick and there wasn’t much I could.

I got a bowl of water and a wash cloth. I would dip the cloth in the water , ring it out and lightly rub her welps and face. This seemed to my young mind to give her some relief.

This week I stood by my mother’s bed in her last hours . My momma was sick and there wasn’t much I could do.

I caressed her hair lightly just like I did when I was a boy and for that moment in time I was that boy again.

The man I am knows this is the way God intended our life here on earth to be.

One day my children will bury me, but the little boy in me will always miss his momma.