A Pile of Wood
Once upon a time, there was a pile of wood, a woman with a dream, and not a whole lot of time.
This pile of wood had been plaguing her every day for three years. In fact, her dining room table had a panoramic view of the pile everyday. It made her sad.
She would look at it all day long, and it would say to her, “You're so messy, even your yard and patio is a mess.”
Most of the problem all along had been time. When she started, she had a very sick daughter. And some help. But not enough to satisfy the pile.
Every free moment was devoted to her kids, particularly her sick daughter. So the dream of turning the pile of wood into a play structure had to wait. And wait. And wait...
Then, two years later, magic fairies called Bubbie and Zadie moved into town. Both the woman with a dream and the wood pile became happier. Zadie pitched in about a year ago.
Then, on the fourth of July, the pile of wood, a woman with a dream, and a Zadie celebrated their new-found independence: a dream completed.
--Mom (Dad did a great rewrite)
