liki tiki

She had never liked ice cream

But would settle for sherbet

Or sometimes a small milkshake

Often complaining when we

Drove the traditional trip

To the local beach dairy

But as we sat there this time

Up from my butter pecan

I saw her devouring

A scoop of cookies and cream

Complete with a waffle cone

As she giggled with her friends

Taller, older –growing up

And I wondered how I had

Missed the change –

                   July, 2011