Eve’s Drops
My friends woke me up, nocking on my window with a [Happy Birthday] sign, and presents. They even brought a cake, with 2 candles. A 1, and an 0, since I just turned 10. So, I pulled open the curtains, and opened the window to bring in the cake off the sill. They stepped back, wearing masks, but didn’t really keep their Social Distance from each other. They all said “Surprise!” together though. “You guys,” I pulled the boxes in too, and closed the window. It was cold, of course. The snow hadn’t melted all the way, and the mud was even icy, but I guess the masks helped them keep their faces warm. I set the cake aside, since I didn’t have anything to light the candles, and blow them out. Then, I wrote …