Identity Change

Already in bed
settling in, feet unthrobbing
melting to mattress when
"the cry"
Son, 9-mo old, is awake
and unhappy
and it is my turn!

Such a creative day:
finish newsletter
and compilations of
Summer Youth Program Curricula
as well as visit Robbie
and make telephone calls
and keep Volunteers busy.
Ready for another onslaught
tomorrow.
But,
then,
holding my little
boy as he giggles and grins
and slowly drifts to sleep
changed my identity
to DAD
All of a sudden
Music Publishing,
Pastoring,
Teaching,
Organizing,
   all fade
as identity as Father
hoves into view.

© Steven B. Eulberg 3/24/93, from All the Good Ones:  shavings from the gem tumbler