She asks how I am-- how can I reply?
I go through my daily routine: I give lessons, I wait.
Time goes by.
Yet lately I find there is pleasure in humming a silly tune, and some days I go to the park and I sit there all afternoon.
Some evenings I swear I can hear a door slam.
The house is far too quiet now.
That is how I am.
~ "How I Am", Little Women