THE BACK SEAT

This warm California afternoon I was feeling blue.  It was a long day at work, and then I had to take my sweet babe to get some shots.  On the way home I reached into the back seat and was rubbing his foot, feeling tender about his sore arm.  "Mom, what does that sign say?",  he says.  "That blue and white one",  I ask.  "Yeah.  It says stop rubbin my foot."  He is two and a half.  It was a complex day.