A Tale of Two Noses

Once upon a time, there were two girls in a family. The round, gestating mama and the precocious, adventurous two year old girl took a road trip. They travelled for two full days, driving a grey, four door sedan. Alternating between nursery rhymes, fruit snacks, reading books over her shoulder, and rest stops, the mama endured aches in her pelvis and cramps in her calves until they finally arrived at their destination, the event of the summer...

In a similar place and a later time, there were four girls in a family. The busy, blessed, and sometimes overwhelmed mama had a high order to keep up with the comings and goings of her estrogen-swamped herd of offspring. On some days, like the weekly "day of rest", it was especially difficult to be certain that the needs of all young ladies were met as they scurried to and fro from services to nursery to responsibilities to conversating. It was a typical, scattered sort of day...

After a few days spent recuperating the natural shape of their bottom ends (after all, the grey four door sedan was not a luxury vehicle), the mild-tempered mama and the easily excited two year old got up early one morning to dress for the event. They both bathed (gasp!), donned apparel appropriate to a formal celebration, and even attempted to adorn their heads with smooth, shiny curls, primping far beyond their everyday approach. Admiring the lovely sunny morning, they casually walked two blocks through quaint, yet impressive historic homes, commenting along the way at the varied architecture and collection of children's toys beautifying the lawns...

The general chaos of the day was interrupted when the eldest of the three young women was urgently rushed to use the facilities as her intestinal fortitude was giving way. The mess was as enormous as the aroma was putrid. Sometime in the metaphoric black hole of rectifying the disastrous discharge during which elapsed time was completely overlooked, the second born young lady went missing. She was presumed to be with the lone male of the family, her father, or perhaps participating in a raucous game of chase and squeal with her equally pint-sized companions...

To be continued...

To be continued...