Hi Beth... I think what you've written is top notch writing...
I wondered whether you were reaching with lotion or had planned it...made me wonder for a second but then it passed.... smile smile
..It's begging for something else...but I'm up in the air..
as to offer any satisfying bridge idea... maybe...hmmmm...
maybe call it what Joice is suggesting...and then...ham it up a bit more..make it more...exagerated...and then could you get away with out a resolution? don't know......

will be watching......
hugs...
Kaley smile