Father’s Day, Not Mother’s Day (21st June 2025)

Father’s Day, Not Mother’s Day (21^st June 25)

I’m glad it’s Father’s Day,

not Mother’s Day today —

or I’d be spilling out

like the frothy dishwasher bubbles

creeping across the kitchen floor.

The day my son put the wrong pod in —

a washing machine pod,

not a dishwasher pill —

and the bubbles escaped,

a sea of frothy lava

rolling across the tiles.

That’s been my emotion today

for baby 💜 Liberty Alison Friday 💜 —

grandchild number four —

blown away,

heart undone,

love rising like foam

you can’t contain.