Supplements

Nutritional therapists will,

Apparently,

Determine which supplements 

You need,

Which you are taking that are 

No good.

I wonder if I could figure it out

With applied kinesiology.

Joe, Age 9

Well, future two-digit self, 

I wonder what kind of presents you're going to get. 

I wonder what kind of cake you're going to have. 

I wonder if you're going to have trick candles. 

And always, always remember to look 

At your blue wardrobe and see Jake. 

And always, always remember: 

"You'll never feel as tall as when you're ten." 

And remember that that's from 

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming. 

Fascinating

Amyloid plaque is in healthy brains—

Doctors now wonder if it is part of the body’s protection.

Cancer, those multiplicating cells—

Could this be the body’s response to invasion,

Turning some cells immortal?

Autoimmune conditions—

Could it be that Epstein-Barr attacks organs,

So when the body attacks the thyroid, say,

It’s actually doing what it should, as best it can?

I naturally gravitate towards the idea that 

The body is always doing the best it can with what it has.

First Day of School

Caleb officially started kindergarten today:

Math

Handwriting

Reading Readiness

Bible

Read-alouds

He already knew much of what we did,

So we’ll move forward speedily

Until we get to new information.

Until then: a lot of laughter.

Not Worth It

I chose to eat wheat 

For the second time this summer.

In retrospect, it was not a good choice.

I was unusually exhausted,

With brain fog driving home,

Just out of it.

Whatever I ate was not worth it.

Mom Fail

My son woke up and threw up.

On asking, it turned out

I’d not prepared him a plate for food,

And so he’d gone without.

Except pork rinds. 

The pork rinds probably made him 

Full enough, 

He didn’t think to ask for more.

Three vomits, 

Two cans of Coke,

Pepperoni, and 

One strawberry smoothie later,

He was fine.

Party

For four hours we 

Rolled dumplings,

Powdered calamari,

Rolled sushi.

We don’t eat wheat,

But this was a birthday meal

For a friend,

So we served ourselves with a will.

I ate ten dumplings,

Some number of sushi rolls,

Two helpings of calamari.

I had forgotten there was

Key lime pie with Cool Whip and

Lemon cheesecake with chocolate crust

For dessert. 

My stomach hurts, 

But I’m not sure that’s because 

Of the wheat.