I Take Off Tightly Wrapped
July 7, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Infancy
Dearest support hose,
We meet again.
For the first ten days after I gave birth you saved me from the threat of blood clots. I never thought I would need to pull you up over my blue-streaked legs again, but I was of little faith. I need you. We have survived perilous times, even dangerous times, you and I. We are now, when we travel, like Indiana Jones and his hat. Or maybe even his whip. Only maternal and unthreatening.
On long journeys by car, by train and by aeroplane, you have become my constant companion. Once, when I was young and cool, …read more
