mom's thumb

"Hold still Quinny, there's food on your face."  That's what I said to her this morning on the way into the gym.  Then I stuck my thumb in my mouth, the way all mothers do, licked it, and wiped her face.  No biggie, right?  Then she returned the favor.  "Hold still Mom, there's food on your face."  Then she wiped my face with her wet little thumb.  When was the last time you had your face cleaned with a wet thumb that wasn't your own?

Tortellini fiasco of 2009