BusyMom here...
Yeah, I know it's always me and I'm always Here.
But sometimes, okay, a lot of times...
I wish I could be somewhere else.
Like...
When I come in from a long night at work to find TeenBoy asleep in the dark on the sofa instead of on the school bus I just passed coming up our street.
When I come down in the morning only to find half-eaten bowls of cereal and cups of hot chocolate on the computer desk and breakfast room table, milk and cereal splashed everywhere, covered in ants who believe they have found The Promised Land and quickly sent out word to family and friends... all one million of them!
When I get in my van and am hit with the noxious fumes from the dirty cleats and sweaty t-shirts and shorts and Under Armor soccer and football gear someone, Not Me most likely, has shoved under the back seat.
When I walk into the living room only to discover I am standing in yet another puddle left by StupidDog for me to find... usually the day after I steam cleaned the carpet, of course.
When I look at my day planner and calendar and try to sync them only to realize the computer program just won't let me be in 4 places at the same time... Silly computer! Doesn't it understand that I am BusyMom- a Super Hero in my own eyes?
I have been known to think derogatory thoughts about women who walk away from their children, their maternal obligations, to live lives unencumbered.
And yet...
Sometimes...
Just Sometimes....
I think that maybe I can understand the need to just be somewhere else...
And then the kids come home from school...
And SIX gives me a hug and a smile and that daggone dimple in his chin and the twinkle in his baby blues just gets to me...
BratChild hands me an order form for her soccer uniform sweats and I am so proud of her starting position on the High School soccer team I could cry...
ManChild drops by to spend a few hours before going to work... something we don't get to do now that he has moved out and is making his own way in the world like a real ADULT...
When GoodMom calls just to tell me BabyG smiled or FancyPants is finally interested in potty training...
When SmartGirl has a day off and goes to TeenBoy's football game with me and I see her cheering for him and the pride that shines through for her not so little brother...
The same pride and love that all of my children show for one another... on occasion and not usually in public
I cannot imagine being anywhere else, living any other life, having any other family...
So...
BusyMom here...
And Here is where I'll stay.
1 comment:
Couldn't help but smile while reading. Nice job! ... Just visiting from Mama Kat's
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