Vacation Fairy
Two little boys
one little budget
many souvenir shops
too many knick-knacks, t-shirts, figurines,
seashells with googly eyes, plushies,
hacky saks, travel games,
hermit crabs in painted shells,
bobble heads to choose just one
we paid close attention
as their little hands
picked merchandise up
put it back down
and then
on the night before we traveled home
my husband
snuck back to the gift shop
and purchased one coveted souvenir
for each son
The next morning
when we woke bright and early
to load the car
for the long ride home
sad that vacation
had come to an end
there
in their booster seats
a gift
to help them
remember
all the fun we had