Only a dream

I hear a sound...
A little voice... a little boy... my little man... crying...
Another voice... A man...

Shhh, we have to be quiet little man...

Do your gums hurt?

Shhhhh, your gonna wake mommy....

Where is that Orajel?!?!

Come on little man let go fix your mouth.....

I open my eyes and look around....

I'm alone in the bed room...

The sounds of Aiden's faint cries drift down the hallway...

I get up and walk down the hall toward the cries...

There you are, holding the little man, letting his grape Popsicle drip down your shirt, and his, puddling in the floor...

My men... My messy, grape flavored men...

You treat him as your own.

It means so much to me to know you love them.

Love them as if they were yours.

Watching you from the doorway, I think about our love....

About our lives together....

Something takes me by suprise...

Realizing what I have been doing while standing there,,,,

playing with a ring...

A ring...

Pushing it with my thumb...
Twirling it around my finger...

I slide it up on my finger a little and then my thumb nail goes between the bands...

Two rings...

I lift my left hand up to the doorway.....

Married?!?!

Another sound...

Back down the hallway....

Another little voice.... a little girl...cooing...talking to her toys...

Two little voices... both girls...

Or maybe three...

I turn and look down the hallway...

I walk slowly to the closed door at the end of the hall...

Something cold and round in my hand...

A doorknob....

I turn it and open the door.......

The sun hits my face...

I open my eyes and look around....

I'm alone in the bed room...

I hear a sound...
A little voice... a little boy... my little man... crying...
I lift my left hand up to block the sun......
No ring....
Was it all a dream?