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“Butter Mints”

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| June 24, 2019

Butter Mints

A bowl full of butter mints

dyed in lovely pastel tints

remind me of wedding and baby showers,

and cakes decorated with flowers.

The promise that a union brings

with the exchange of wedding rings.

Gifts galore, silly games.

Books full of baby names.

All the excitement and hopeful joy

of welcoming a girl or a boy.

Oh, those memories from way back when…

Now I want to go to a shower again!

Lauretta E. Hertel is a born-and-raised Washingtonian who has enjoyed many years of being a nanny and is looking forward to dedicating more time to writing and photography in her retirement.

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