Themes
Birth Right
If God had meant for me to bend like that, she said, I would’ve been born in India.
Birth Secret
In my dream, he told me to hold the secret of his birth safe & teach him when he forgot.
Birthdays (fem)
When people asked how old she was, she would say 1009365, more or less, because she was so glad to be alive that she counted every day a birthday. She had some disagreement from her knees about the actual figures though…
Bits of the World (feminine)
gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that her children can understand
Bits of the World (masculine)
gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that his children can understand
Big Purse
I never trusted her for a minute, she said. Her purse was way too big.
Big Strange Family
I don’t think of it as working for world peace, he said. I think of it as just trying to get along in a really big strange family.
Big Strange Family (feminine)
I don’t think of it as working for world peace, she said. I think of it as just trying to get along in a really big strange family.
Big Stuff
I only worry about the big stuff now, she said. The little stuff gives me a headache because of the bifocals.
Bigger Challenge
He tapped his fingers on the table. The way I see it, he said, I either need to find a bigger challenge or I need to start drinking decaf.
Bigger Shoes
When I was young, I used to wear my father’s shoes & stomp around, making the world a better place for us all & today I see I’m not the only one who did that & those shoes aren’t anywhere big enough for who we are now.
Bird Costume
fond of dressing like a bird at every opportunity & then sneaking around at dusk scaring the bejeezus out of cats
Big Job
When do you get to be a grown-up? she said.
When you can read & write & lie without laughing, I said
& her eyes got big & she said she didn’t know it was that hard
Big Plans
Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I’ve got big plans, so break time is over.
Big Breakfast
The only thing that keeps me together some days is an unwavering belief in balance, he said. I try to eat a big breakfast, too.
Big Hair
This is a bag filled with big hair & even though it doesn’t weigh much, you have to be careful how you handle it because it’s toxic.
Big Hat
I said I could not see her eyes under her hat & she smiled mysteriously & said she liked it that way.
Best Choice
If I have to choose, my son said, I’ll take them all. That’s no choice, I said. Obviously, he said, you’ve forgotten how choice works.
Best of Times
I’d like to leave you with something valuable, she said. You probably already have, I said, but we take most of our lives to remember that, even in the best of times
Better Childhood
It’s only fair when I yell at you, she said to me once. You had a better childhood.