May 9, 2009
Mother's Day Confessions
Okay, we think the statutory limit has run out on our early mothering days. And motherhood confessions seem to be in these days. Hey there's even a TV show about them. So here's the thing. We've been less than perfect. And as we've said on previous Mother's Days, mothers and martinis are a lot alike. It takes a long time to make the perfect one. And we still haven't quite perfected either. So read on. (And P.S. make sure to check out new updates at our web site too this week, like our vodka reviews and rooftop gardening. And PTA Mom has her top news picks for the week too.)
Mother Mea Culpas
- We smoked through out our pregnancy to curb our appetite. (Note: We did quit 20 years ago.)
- And we might have had a couple of rye and ginger ale's too. (Note: Have since graduated to martinis.)
- We thought about breast feeding, but really only hippies or Smithies did that then.
- We let you wear all those new baby clothes without ever thinking about washing them with gentle baby soap first.
- Our "car seat" was a wobbly little piece of plastic that we hung over the FRONT seat, so we could put our arm out to protect you if we slammed on the brakes.
- We took you to the beach where you played merrily all day, and we cried when you turned red that night. But honestly, everyone loves your freckles.
- When you were in kindergarten you use to stand up in the back seat of the car, usually hanging over the front seat to talk with us.
- When you got to first grade, we let you sit in the front seat. It didn't have a seat belt. We used the right arm protection again. (Still do that with front seat passengers to this day.)
- You never had a "play date" but somehow, you always had lots of kids to play with.
- We thought Sesame Street was the greatest thing since Howdy Doody and didn't think twice about parking you in front of the tube to watch it.
- And thank goodness Pampers had been invented too. Who the heck are those Moms today who want to bring back real diapers?
- We didn't know about slowly introducing kids under two to various food groups. We were just happy that you'd eat. And if a little salt and sugar made the food taste better, why not?
- And as you got a little older, we fully embraced fast food, and actually even had a birthday party at McDonalds.
- We remember after one fast food drive through, you asked if you could have vegetables.
- We let you have a TV in your room so you could watch cartoons on Saturday morning and we could sleep in.
- We let you ride in a car with your grandfather after he'd belted down a scotch or too.
- We loved winning the prize in your science fair for our erupting volcano. Sorry we only let you paint it. Well, some of it.
- When we got our first microwave, you thought it was really cool to eat frozen dinners every night, until one day you announced you felt like you were living on an airplane.
- We had no idea you were driving your friends around town at the age of 13. We were too busy watching who shot JR on Dallas. And please, no more confessions from you. If we didn't know then, we don't need to know now.
- And yes, we lied about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy too. But honestly, we do believe in leprechauns.
Oh my, we could go on and on with our confessions. But what we really want to say is that we are privileged to be your Mom and we had the best time growing up with you. And we are so proud of how great a mother you are, even though we know someday you'll write your own confessions. It's a mother thing.
Happy Mother's Day to tomatoes and mothers everywhere.
The Three Tomatoes
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