I have to admit that the quotes me sister forwarded to me are sadly true of me. The first one says, "How is it I can start out the day as Mary Poppins on to end the day as Cruella DeVil." Now I don't know if I really start the day out as Mary Poppins, but I'm pretty sure I don't start the day out as Cruella DeVil...most of the time. But somewhere around 4-5pm when my husband isn't going to be home for several more hours, the kids are tired of me, dinner needs to be made and the house looks like a bomb went off in it, my mood changes and suddenly Cruells rears her ugly head. "Don't fight...Quit making messes...No you can't have a treat...Because we're going to eat dinner soon, that's why...I can't play right now, I have to make dinner...Spaghetti...Well I'm sorry you don't like spaghetti, but that's what we're having...Can everyone be a little bit quieter?...I wish Dad were here too..." And then I snap from the mundane to the nasty and my voice reaches a level that I would be embarrassed for anyone to hear. Why can't I stop it? Hmm....if I could answer that, I guess it wouldn't happen anymore. I'm working on that.
The other quote that makes me laugh (out loud) every time I read it is, "Here's to every mother who has ever eaten a candy bar in the closet because, frankly, you didnt' want to share". Now I've never actually taken to my closet to eat a snack/treat/candy, but I have hidden from me kids in the kitchen to scarf down some sugar and try to hide any telltale signs. Sometimes I think it's selfish, but when I think about the meals I've made and plated for everyone, only to have my kids not eat their's but come and eat mine--which is EXACTLY the SAME as their's--I stop and pause...Is it too much to have a snack to oneself after sharing (from AM to PM) my bed, pillow, bathroom time, drinks of water, breakfast, snacks, shower/bath, piano, lunch, garden gloves, gum, dinner, dessert, journal space and husband (yes sometimes I feel extremely selfish about that too) not to mention that I've spent all day trying to help them in every way possible? Maybe it is...
In any case, these are my admitions, my thoughts and my deep dark secrets. Now you know....
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