Another imagined dialog
with an imagined reader:

“Who is this Kristina
I hear so much about
that you’ve kept hidden away?”

“Oh no,” I say,
“She’s out and about.
If you search my blog,
you’ll find pictures
as well as the references
that seem to have alerted you
to her presence.
She’s my Daughter Editor
and I love her the way
proud fathers do
who are so lucky to have
such a daughter
(she calls me Dad).
You’ll recognize
that in my life
I’ve been unbelievably
lucky twice,
Wife, (Husband)
Daughter, (Father)
and the comfortable cliché,
‘Best two things I’ve ever done.’ ”

“So gimme more.”

“I will,
almost daily.”