A Mother's Day story....
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:47 am
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!
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>THIS STORY WON A "BEST MOTHERS DAY STORY" CONTEST ON TV!!!!! Very cute
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>> So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently
>died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit
>on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all
>day long on this mat in our bathroom.
>> Well, we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years
>old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really
>loves chapstick. LOVES IT. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then
>losing it. So finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep
>my chapstick and how he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed
>to put it right back in the drawer when he was done.
>> Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and
>try to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My
>two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to
>nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up.
>Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a
>wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.
>> We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I am
>looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the
>corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my
>chapstick very carefully to Jack's . . . rear end. Eli looked right
>into my eyes and said "chapped". Now, if you have a cat, you know that
>he is right - their little butts do look pretty chapped. And, frankly,
>Jack didn't seem to mind.
>> And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was
>the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.
>And then I decided I really did not want to know!
>> And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us
>that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little
>creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've been
>using your chapstick on the cat's butt.
>>
>
>THIS STORY WON A "BEST MOTHERS DAY STORY" CONTEST ON TV!!!!! Very cute
>
>>
>> So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently
>died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit
>on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all
>day long on this mat in our bathroom.
>> Well, we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years
>old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really
>loves chapstick. LOVES IT. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then
>losing it. So finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep
>my chapstick and how he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed
>to put it right back in the drawer when he was done.
>> Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and
>try to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My
>two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to
>nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up.
>Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a
>wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.
>> We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I am
>looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the
>corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my
>chapstick very carefully to Jack's . . . rear end. Eli looked right
>into my eyes and said "chapped". Now, if you have a cat, you know that
>he is right - their little butts do look pretty chapped. And, frankly,
>Jack didn't seem to mind.
>> And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was
>the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.
>And then I decided I really did not want to know!
>> And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us
>that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little
>creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've been
>using your chapstick on the cat's butt.
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