Sadly, this mom's hair looks a little too much like my own!
Sometimes moms get so tired they can't think straight. Sometimes they get so tired they can barely think at all. This posting is not mean-spirited. I laughed with these moms and I'm sure they wouldn't care if you laughed right along with us.
"What is it?"
"This is it?" I asked.
"Did you not think I'd have any paper at my house?" She looked at the paper in her hand and started laughing. Hysterically. She couldn't stop. When she finally gained her composure, she gave me the two pieces of typing paper. My kids drew their pictures and the next day I dropped them off at her house, where we enjoyed another good laugh.
Story One
Tonight my sister and her husband went to a wedding, leaving their five children with us for a couple of hours. In her haste to get herself and the five kids ready to leave the house, she put on two black shoes so she could get her husband's opinion about which looked best. Then they loaded the family in the car and headed to our house.
About a half an hour from home (and a half an hour from my house), she got a horrified look on her face. "What's wrong?" her husband asked.
"I've done something really bad," she said. Her husband was alarmed. Did they leave the oven on? or the water running?
"What is it?"
What it was, was two black shoes that didn't match. Luckily I had a pair she could borrow. A little too tight and pretty uncomfortable, but at least they matched.
Story Two:
A friend of mine, who was in the Primary presidency called me one Monday afternoon. My kids had been sick the day before and had missed Primary. "Karey, we're putting together little books for all the dads for Father's Day. Since your kids weren't there yesterday, I was wondering if I could drop off their pages and have them draw a picture for their dads, so their pictures will be included in the book."
Of course I agreed and about an hour later she stood on my doorstep with two pieces of plain, white typing paper in hand.
"This is it?" I asked.
"Yes?" she said. She looked confused.
"Did you not think I'd have any paper at my house?" She looked at the paper in her hand and started laughing. Hysterically. She couldn't stop. When she finally gained her composure, she gave me the two pieces of typing paper. My kids drew their pictures and the next day I dropped them off at her house, where we enjoyed another good laugh.
The moral of these stories is that moms get tired. They sometimes get overwhelmed. And sometimes in the middle of it all, there's nothing to do but laugh.
Comments
And that's just one example of a million for me. ;)
So glad you shared.
On my face!! It is a good thing we can all relate to each other's funny quirks or we would all go crazy. Have a great day everyone.