Are You Yella?

Everyone who visited Clara Grace in the hospital complimented her on her beautiful, rich skin tone--that is however, until they learned she had a slight touch of jaundice. “Nothing to worry about,” the pediatrician assured her distressed parents. “Make sure she gets a lot of sunlight and bring her in for a blood test day after tomorrow. For the next two days, Clara Grace slept peacefully most of the time while her mommy and daddy hauled her bassinette from window to window. Seemingly, Clara Grace had been born on the only sunless week of October that year. Clara Grace’s first outing was for her appointed blood work. Her mommy and daddy waited an hour watching reruns in the hospital’s lounge to finally hear the good news that her jaundice was clearing up.