therapists « Sara Fryd

Little Girls & Purple Cats

She said she had a cat named Purple…

I mentioned cats didn’t come in purple.

She replied, “You’ve never seen him

sleeping on the roof at sunset!”

How does one argue with five year old logic,

Eyes that see magic at every turn?

“Little Judy,” a creative, forty year old mind

inhabiting a little girl’s [...]

She used to say

“You’ll be sorry you were born a female.”

As if I had a choice at six

Little children come back for more.

She used to say

“You’ll be sorry you were born so smart.

Men don’t like smart women.”

I was twelve came back for more.

She used to [...]