Words from Inside My Head

1991, Based on a true story. My employer,
experiencing an unanticipated economic crisis,
offered me this option, lose my job or
take on two. Newly back from childbirth
leave, of course I chose the latter, and so
there I was, babe in hand, steering a small
rental van, on the way to a trade show in
Chicago, where I’d be singly setting up a booth,
using all the tools within; shelves and racks,
signs and chairs, banners, and boxes with 
merchandise inside, everything essential for
a working mom to do the job herself.
Not sure the company ever completely
comprehended that I’d brought my 
newborn baby with me, yet
what else would they have
thought I’d do,
single 
nursing
mother?