She tilted her head back on her shoulders and opened her mouth like a baby bird waiting for her mother to drop her meal in from above.
Kimberly obliged her rejuvenated sister by letting another spoonful of bananas fall from the bowl of the spoon into Deedee’s open mouth. It struck home beneath Deedee’s tongue. When Deedee righted her head to swallow, a pale yellow sludge squished out of her lips and fell onto the waiting bib. Deedee clapped her hands together happily at the wet sound of the puréed banana hitting the hard plastic of the bib, opening her lips once again for another mouthful. Kimberly continued to ladle in the baby food until the jar was empty, then paused to see the damage that Deedee’s feeding had Done. Deedee was a sight to behold.