Excerpt from ‘Briefly’

She is my new Mommy. In the summertime, right around my birthday, when it’s really hot out and all I can think about is running through the sprinkler in the yard and eating grape popsicles, my Mommy went to heaven. I asked Daddy why she didn’t take me with her and he said because I am supposed to stay here with him. That’s fine with me because being with Daddy is one of my favourite things!  Daddy brought home a new Mommy that looks nothing like Mommy. She has blonde hair and glasses and a different laugh than Mommy. And, she’s not very tall. Mommy was tall, with dark curly hair. The new Mommy is different but she brought me sisters and I like that.