April Showers

The Marble by April Davis Next month, my family celebrates one year in our home. I've put a little bit of thought into the memories we have accumulated in the almost 365 days inside our little home with the bright turquoise wall outside: the day we were reunited with our daughter after 17 years apart, the day my youngest dressed up for her 8 th grade formal, the tickle fights in the kitchen, the burned banana bread, the additional dog we adopted from the shelter, the family game nights... I could go on and on. So today, when we moved in the brand new stove, it felt like another milestone reached. I was happy. I swept the tile under the old stove and didn't think twice about the small, clear marble that rolled around the dust pan like a ping pong ball bouncing in an old machine until several moments later. We are the only people to live in this house other than the previous owners. They built the house and lived there for over 40 years. Kind of cool if ...