I Love Toddlers

I Love Toddlers

I love toddlers….toddling, waddling…

Hopping

Leaping

Swaggering

Staggering

Dancing

Playing

Prancing

Scowling

Yowling

Pinching

Howling

Slumbering

Spitting

Hitting

Biting

Devouring

Laughing

Bleating

Kicking

Gyrating

Smiling

Chuckling

Tasting

Regurgitating

Doodling

Scribbling

Smacking

Crying

Painting

Stomping

Singing

Prying

Staring

Marching

Hacking

Hopping

Sneezing

Honking

Growling

Bopping

Mewling

Puking

Blubbering

Wailing

Jabbering

Gibbering

Fooling

Railing

And keeling over…

Landing on their adorable diaper-padded little bums.

Our sons were once toddlers.

We were exhausted,

Totally fried,

Absolutely desperate,

Barely alive.

We loved them so much,

But we were zombified.

I love other people’s toddlers.

Robert McBryde Author: IndieReader approved, adolescence, hippies, pop music, 1960s, 1970s, blogging, social media, CBC radio, literary non-fiction, tales, short stories, vignettes, immigrant experience, sports, Quebec anglos, living in France, childhood and animal stories, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, fathers, raising children, aging, facing death, fear of death, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, translation: English-French; French-English

Publisher’s Note: Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating creative nonfiction…The author, Robert McBryde, a professional translator, has been compared to David Sedaris for the sometimes-snarky autobiographical satire characterizing his literary sketches. Many of the stories in his new book, titled My Time with You Has Been Short but Very Funny, have been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio network.

Author’s Note:

I’ve written a new book of creative non-fiction titled My Time with You Has Been Short but Very Funny, recently published and now on the market. The book is based on stories that I told over the years as a writer/ broadcaster and host on CBC radio based in Quebec City, Canada.

The book is available via my website. The purchase links are at the bottom of the home page.

https://robertmcbrydeauthor.com/

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Here is an excerpt from my IndieReader review:

“[This] memoir is… an enjoyable and touching read. Radio listeners in Quebec are already familiar with the wit and wisdom of Robert McBryde. The non-fiction collection, MY TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN SHORT BUT VERY FUNNY, gives the rest of the world access to the author’s inimitable style.”

https://indiereader.com/book_review/my-time-with-you-has-been-short-but-very-funny/

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