Empty Spaces

Recently I tried to answer my inquisitive sister-in-law's questions about my hysterectomy. One question was in relation to how it felt for me to have an empty space where my uterus and ovaries used to be. I joked a bit by saying that every time I sat down there was the sound of air coming from my belly button or that if someone punched me in the stomach it would nearly swallow their fist inside my abdomen.

Later I was explaining to my sister Joni the questions that were being asked. Without skipping a beat, she said,

" You used to be a pumpkin and now with all the your seeds and stuff removed you have become hollowed out jack-o-lantern."

With the poor health of my teeth, it looks like I will be a toothless one.