A Baby's Laugh

a piece of prose

It was just like they said it would be. It was a little tinkle of bells coming from that tiny mouth. Her eyes were lit up with glee. Her arms, flung to the sides as if waiting to spread her happiness to anyone that touched her. Emily's laugh broke forth unplanned, unanticipated, unduplicated and planted in me a wave of joy that welled up in my eyes that the only thing I could do was hold her to me and dry my tears upon her soft cheek.