Tastes Like Sugar Milk: "So Help My Bum"

To give readers a taste of other moments like those found in Sugar Milk, I've started cross-posting short snippets of new material from my personal blog, Clark Kent's Lunchbox where the story in its entirety can be found. I hope you enjoy this one entitled, "So Help My Bum."

The other evening Avery walked out the bathroom to the desk where Ashley and I were talking. "My bottom hurts," she announced. "Real bad." This has been an off-and-on problem for Avery, and it's a closely monitored situation since it has some correlation to the fact Avery was born with three kidneys.

Now, three kidneys might come in handy for drinking frat boys under the table at college, or prove convenient when stranded in the orient and strapped for cash, but for a kid this extra organ can reek a considerable amount of discomfort. Infections, stomach pain and incontinence are no fun for anyone especially a six year-old. So when Avery says her bottom hurts, we know it's no ploy for attention.

Read the rest of "So Help My Bum" at Clark Kent's Lunchbox to get a taste of another Sugar Milk-like moment.