2 Minutes

CHAPTER 28
2 MINUTES
My three year old was playing outside, I said, “It’s time to come in.”
“Two minutes, dad, two minutes, until this game ends.”
“OK,” I said, “but then you gotta run in.”
She was watching TV and I told her it was time to turn it off.
“Two minutes, dad, two minutes, until I finish this cartoon.”
“OK,” I said, and then I gave her two and a half.
I was giving her a bath and I told her it was time to get out.
“Two minutes, dad, two minutes, while I rinse the shampoo.”
“OK,” I said, “but hurry, dinner’s coming out.”
She was eating her dinner and I said, “You’re taking too much time.”
“Two minutes, dad, two minutes, three more bites and I’m done.”
“OK,” I said and then I let her take nine.
I was reading her a bedtime book and I stopped halfway through.
“Two minutes, dad, two minutes, the story is almost done.”
“OK,” I said, and wound up reading her two.
I was tucking her in and told her two close her eyes.
“Two, minutes, dad, two minutes, lie with me until I’m asleep.”
“OK,” I said and figured two minutes would suffice.
My wife caught me asleep as I snuggled with my baby girl.
“Get up, honey, and come to bed, it’s late,” she said.
“Two minutes, honey, two minutes, before she’s all grown up.”
I then got up and wandered out as I returned to my own bed.
Fourteen extra minutes I gave my daughter on this day.
Better I gave them to her now than before she grows up and moves away.
THE END