"The Circus"

I tossed and turned all the night long 'cause I was excited knowing that the circus was coming to town the very next day, and we had talked about going.

Not the really great big circus, like the big cities have. Just the little circus comes here 'cause this is a little bitty town. Well, it did not turn out to be a happy Sunday for me after all 'cause nobody showed up to take me to the circus, like they said they would, and now it would be gone soon because it could only stay here one day. I have the ticket with a picture of a big tiger on it and it says "admit one free" at the top, in great big red letters. On the yellow part it says it is "today only" at 6pm, and it is now 7:30pm, so it is almost over now. It is not a very pretty sight to look in the mirror and see someone with a long sad face, red eyes and almost some tears. I have thought about the circus everyday and night for a whole long week and now nobody showed up to go with me.

As I sit here now, all by myself, feeling rather sad, I wonder if my 4 year old granddaughter, Chelsey, feels as hurt as I do about not getting to go to the circus with her Grandpa, because they forgot to bring her to my house.

-- Papa

(I have written this story in a childlike fashion to try and express to mothers and fathers just how much grandparents can be deeply hurt when they miss those special times with their grandchildren.)

~~~~Author Unknown