Then she made humans, and we messed it up. Blazing heat, bare hillside, Arizona sun. Mother kept me alive through the flu epidemic of 1921 with water-drenched blankets hung in the doorway. I was proud to help Dad. He wouldn't do anything wrong.
Family hikes to a shady mountain stream.
Mom made sandwiches. We got one quarter of a Hershey bar each. Water is not enough. Diapers hand-washed in an iron pail. Love cleanses, water its instrument.