A Mess of Reason (33 page)

“Gigi. No question, baby.”

I look at Tess in the quiet moment as we sit
surrounded by the flickering softness of candlelight. Joy and
satisfaction settles in her sparkling, sleepy eyes along with a
smile as bright as the sun on a July day that pours across the
width of her face. Gigi’s eyes are closed and look like perfect,
dewy rose petals. Her petite face is smashed up against Tess’s left
breast as though they are glued together. On Gigi’s right cheek
sits a red birthmark about the size of corn kernel. It wants to be
a heart, and more than likely when she’s a teenager she’ll color it
in with blue face paint in a rebellious moment. One thing I know
for certain is that she’ll never do is try to make it disappear.
Gigi will learn full and well, just like her gorgeous mama did,
that love and beauty are inside things that you forever own. And no
one can ever take those gifts away from you.

Amongst many other things, I know we can
promise her that.

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