Summer: An Evolution

Janine Zeitlin
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

June

I love my little ones. If their hugs could be bottled.

I will sit in silence at sunset.

To do: Learn a few common phrases in Chinese.

To see: Shooting stars in the backyard.

To buy: Citronella candles.

Showing off pedicured toes, sherbert pink.

#summershaghaircut

July

The kids are somewhere. Maybe the front? Down the street?

I sit in AC at a Carraba’s.

To do: Read (Graphic novels definitely count).

To see: The Incredibles, the sequel, for the second time.

To buy: Insect repellant, 99.7 percent natural is fine.

Sporting not-terrible Birkenstocks, circa 2003.

#messyhairdontcare

August

The children have alienated me. Is this how they will remember family?

I sat, many times, in line, at Taco Bell. No need to say, “Dorito flavor, please.”

To do: Conceal hours spent on TMZ while paying kids $1-a-day to read.

To see: A future with time to learn Chinese.

To buy: DEET.

Wearing Crocs, proudly, not only to the beach.

#unplanneddreadlock

September

Sigh.

Note: Only partially true.

South Florida journo. Disgruntled yogi. Mom.

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