Baby Sister

By Joy Lynn Clark

January 20, 2022

When I was in kindergarten mom started having problems with my stepdad. At the time she was pregnant with my sister and she decided to drive all the way to California fat belly and all. It was a pretty fun trip but our VW seem to break down and every state along the way. We’d visit the mechanic and then somehow make it to our motel room and spend the night.

Eventually we got to San Francisco. I Thought that all of the steep hills were amazing. It was cool going up and down.

Once we got to my aunts apartment that was on a steep hill and I could look at other hills, my uncle presented me with his famous peanut butter cookies and the grownups had a powwow.

I didn’t get to stay very long but the grown-ups took me for a walk through the neighborhood where I get to try and avoid all of the snails in the morning.

“You guys have to go home. We will put you on a plane, joy and mom will drive back.” That was my second time visiting California.

I took an airplane ride all by myself and the stewardesses were so nice that they gave me extra cookies and sodas.

Soon after we got home, first me, then my mom and step dad my baby sister was born.