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toes in the grass  

wickedeasy 74F
11197 posts
1/16/2017 3:46 pm
toes in the grass



When I was a wee one, I would wish on the first star, each and every time, for a cocker spaniel puppy. I thought then that consistency would bring results. I was wrong.

We were never to enjoy the frolicking joy of a puppy. My Da’s devotion to an unsullied lawn was too deep, too intense. As we had to play on the driveway, the soft grass a forbidden zone, used only for show. My mama would hold to the rules fearing Da would notice the bent grass; but baby sitters? Can you not see my siblings rubbing our small nefarious hands together?

One August night, my parents off to a neighbors to do adult somethings, we were left with Maryellen, the mentally challenged but gentle of the couple down the road. She collected for the church every week, often spending an hour or so watching mama iron while talking. My sainted sister suggested a game of tag. Maryellen shooed us out the back door onto the lawn. Our eyes lit up.

For an hour or more, we ran in bare feet, the soft grass under our toes. Joyous laughter, verging on the hysterical as Maryellen sought to tag one of us, all of us eluding her slightly awkward running. When she sank to the stoop, exhausted, we rolled in the pristine carpet so long denied. But then, my sister pointed. I turned to see my little brother sitting, gleefully pulling handfuls and tossing them skyward.

At first, I smiled. He looked so happy. Then, Oh shit. Now I have no idea if I thought shit then, but I know if I knew how to say shit, I would have thought oh shit. The sainted one ran and scooped the little SOB up, running into the house with Maryellen in pursuit.

A bath, story, bed……hurry, hurry. Back outside with flashlights. Picking up blades of grass that had dropped from his tiny fists. Looking for holes. Impossible to know if we had them all, we crept into our beds, exhausted, spent….

When they came home, the sainted one grabbed me by the hair. We could only hear the sound of voices but not the words. I slapped her hand away. The house settled into silence.

The next day as we left by the back door to get in the car to go to church, my Da, said nothing. On the way home, nothing. When we got out of the car, mama went in. Da put out a hand to stop us following.

My eyes could spot every stray blade of grass we’d missed collecting. The sainted one began to cry. My brother ran onto the grass, rolling over and over.
Da, hands on hips, looked down at my sister and me. His large hand swung out. I flinched. My sister ran.

You cannot conceive the many without the one.


wickedeasy 74F
32404 posts
1/16/2017 3:49 pm

My Da yelled................tag

I stood there for a second, stunned, until he took off running over the lawn. I caught him just as he turned up between the two houses.

You cannot conceive the many without the one.


umaykissmesoftly 67F  
344 posts
1/16/2017 4:21 pm

LOL surprise ending


wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:42 pm:
in life, the moments that surprise you are the moments that shape you, no?

tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
1/16/2017 4:30 pm

You had me worried there for a minute or two.

Vive La Difference


wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:44 pm:
my Da was a complicated but kind man. I remember watching movies while sitting in his lap, sharing tears. the smell of his pipe always made me feel safe.

rachel0718 58F
20470 posts
1/16/2017 4:46 pm

WHEW! My heart stopped until I saw that comment... Beautiful story at the end...


Rachel Mae


wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:47 pm:
my Da was a gentle soul. his garden was a source of pride. for him to cede t to his children was an act of love. He was also a lost soldier so I think in some ways, thee was always a part of him that we would never see. it came out at the end when he had alzhiemers.

he was a place of safety for me.

justskin1 72M
13175 posts
1/16/2017 5:14 pm

WHEW! Had me worried there. Glad he came to his senses.

If you see me in the real world, come say "Hi Justskin."

I always behave. Preferably not well.


wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:50 pm:
my Da was a courtly and kind man. his obsession with the lawn was a quirk. I was most afraid of letting him down. He was for me a place of safety and comfort...I would climb onto his lap and smell his pipe and feel like the world was exactly as it should be....smiles.

christylovesfun 51F  
16880 posts
1/16/2017 9:51 pm

<3

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. Other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies. For vilest things
Become themselves in her, that the holy priests
Bless her when she is riggish. ~~ from Antony & Cleopatra


wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:53 pm:

HamburgDave2 80M
16526 posts
1/17/2017 1:51 am

You caught me WE So glad that the Story had a Happy Ending

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wickedeasy replies on 1/19/2017 1:55 pm:
my Da was a lovely and gentle man. lawn obsessed but a great papa.

goodatpoetry2 74M
16552 posts
1/17/2017 3:37 am

I was NOT expecting that ending...

But I'm very glad to have it been that way.

Another tale well told!


wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:55 pm:
I was blessed with wonderful men in my childhood. my Da had such a gentle heart. he loved us up in ways that my mama didn't even know how to...

sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
1/17/2017 8:18 am

ok you got me worried as I read through the thread on this one. I am very happy this had a happy ending.. hugs V

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wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 12:59 pm:
it's funny what little kids will think....how much importance they give to a certain thing. we all knew how much Da loved us. and yes, we knew the grass was a big deal. but our Da, he had never, not once raised his hand to us.

for me to think, even for a split second, that he would, shamed me.

KItkat1415 61F  
20051 posts
1/17/2017 10:13 am

I don't know that I should your posts anymore...
Yes I did read the first comment and this is what came to mind-
My mother had these hard fast rules, too. I didn't understand them and adhered to them as best I could but inevitably, being a child, I would break one. Sometimes the punishment was fierce and swift, leaving me gasping in it's wake. Sometimes it was slow and measured, which could be in a different way, just as painful...
But the times that she reacted like your father did? In a playful way, was the worst.
Because now I knew she was capable of being nice, loving even..
which meant she did not want to try the rest of the time.
She was capable of loving gestures, and chose to not exhibit them.
Ah now...I've gone and ruined a good and light thing.
My apologies.
Kk

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wickedeasy replies on 1/17/2017 1:12 pm:
why are you apologizing?

I was never struck. not once in my life by either parent. our punishment was a long talking to from my mama. there were times, when I wished she would shut up. but we were blessed.

you did NOT ruin anything. you spoke your truth. if you read something and it makes you see or feel something, you say it. I am desperately sorry that you did not have what I had. I had a childhood that was as close to perfect as it could be. you didn't. and it sucks. speak your truth. always. it is vital, it is the other side of the coin. it is necessary.

and if you don't do it......I will slap you so hard.

kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
1/18/2017 6:49 pm

I knew your dad wouldn't hit his kids. But...no playing on the grass? That's hard!

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wickedeasy replies on 1/19/2017 1:57 pm:
no, he never did. he would cuddle us and explain. it would break my heart to disappoint him.

I remember watching old yeller with him, curled in his lap. we were both crying. it made me feel so safe.

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