As a sequel to my little exchange with my son, SB, about his calling me lazy last week, I thought of something that I should do. He missed carpool twice last week; once because he decided to go to a friend's house to work on a school project (whereupon Dad picked him up 4 hours after he was supposed to have come home in carpool), and the next day because he decided he wanted to play tennis against the girls on the middle school tennis team.
At that point, I decided what to do, what any smart mom would think of. I decided to pin a note onto his shirt and send him on his way to Russia... sort of like the mom who returned her adopted son because he was too much trouble for her. I'm not saying I agree with or condone her actions. But I am saying that I felt like doing that to my own son last week, after he missed carpool for the second time... just for about, say, the next 6 years or so. I suppose I could take him back after he turned 21!
Showing posts with label Friends and Family. Show all posts
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Nestle's Cookie Dough!
The other day I was alll set to make a nice after-school treat for my kids. So I went to the refrigerator to get the bucket of Nestle's Cookie Dough, ready with the oven and cookie sheet. What a good mom am I, thought I!
To my surprise and disappointment, upon opening the lid of the cookie dough, I found 2- 3 spoonfuls of cookie dough at the bottom of the bucket. That was it! Not even enough for a dozen cookies. Now why do kids do that kind of thing? What a waste for me to get excited about doing a good deed, only to find my efforts foiled by the sweet-searching hoards!
Maybe next time!
To my surprise and disappointment, upon opening the lid of the cookie dough, I found 2- 3 spoonfuls of cookie dough at the bottom of the bucket. That was it! Not even enough for a dozen cookies. Now why do kids do that kind of thing? What a waste for me to get excited about doing a good deed, only to find my efforts foiled by the sweet-searching hoards!
Maybe next time!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
On True Friendships
Recently I had the chance to have lunch with a friend I've known for the past 23 years. We got to know each other through a couples' Bible study, back then, before kids (10, to be exact!). Now that we have kids, we still get together for birthdays and usually once a year trips to Asheville. But day to day, we don't really talk or see much of the other.
Still, it's the female thing that keeps our friendship alive; it's the fact that we've nurtured an intertwining of our lives together which can keep our friendship vital to the other. It's a mystical thing, this "friendship," this growing of hearts and minds and memories that takes place over days, months, years, and decades.
What is it that creates this special type of relationship? It's the sharing of who we truly are, our inner thoughts, our experiences, our deep feelings. I have a few girlfirends, "gf's" with whom I have the honor of sharing that type of bond; I don't get that with everyone, and it takes time, and effort. It also takes honesty. For some, this last ingredient is the thing that's hardest to share. But this is what I"m talking about when I say that "women want to know and be known"... not all women, for sure, but most. We don't want to just wear our heart on our sleeves for others to judge or for vanity's sake. We really want to know each other. I'm not sure men really have that same desire... it doesn't matter. I just know that that's what's important to me, and I'm thankful for my friend who likewise shares her "real self" with me, one of my "bgf's" who I can call at a time of need, or in sorrow, or in ecstatic joy.
Still, it's the female thing that keeps our friendship alive; it's the fact that we've nurtured an intertwining of our lives together which can keep our friendship vital to the other. It's a mystical thing, this "friendship," this growing of hearts and minds and memories that takes place over days, months, years, and decades.
What is it that creates this special type of relationship? It's the sharing of who we truly are, our inner thoughts, our experiences, our deep feelings. I have a few girlfirends, "gf's" with whom I have the honor of sharing that type of bond; I don't get that with everyone, and it takes time, and effort. It also takes honesty. For some, this last ingredient is the thing that's hardest to share. But this is what I"m talking about when I say that "women want to know and be known"... not all women, for sure, but most. We don't want to just wear our heart on our sleeves for others to judge or for vanity's sake. We really want to know each other. I'm not sure men really have that same desire... it doesn't matter. I just know that that's what's important to me, and I'm thankful for my friend who likewise shares her "real self" with me, one of my "bgf's" who I can call at a time of need, or in sorrow, or in ecstatic joy.
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