“Maaaaammmmaaa!”
It is 11:00 pm this means one thing. Our house has
contracted another virus. Make this number seven in six weeks. If housing
viruses is a sport we place first. I walk into the boys’ bathroom. There is
little dude on his throne. His eyes again hollowed. We have a sick one.
I clean him up. I clean up his bed. The back half of the
house smells like a dirty dog kennel in the sunshine. What happens inside these
kids? It is as if they are rotting away from the inside out.
I plop him back into bed. I walk down the hall and little
man is back in the bathroom. I am rubbing his spiny back. He is such a thin boy
doing this bare skin gives me the willies.
Boys you have Mom of the year.
I ask if he has been feeling this way all evening or if he
woke up because he felt yucky. He tells me he has felt this way. He has felt
this way since he was four. He does not believe he has had “diaweea” the entire
time. He cannot recall.
In the awards arena I am three for three.
I snicker. He catches me. All I had, “Laughter is the best
medicine”. I was asked to be “more funnier”. He jumped off, grabbed ankles and
waited for the wipe. I realize the joke is on me.
I don’t wait for gifts. I never have. Thankfully, I am
Mother of The Year. The award presentation is swift.
“Maaaaammmmaaa!”
I stand over Kade as he pukes out everything he has ever
eaten. I mean EVER.
I hear no laughter. I am surprised by my voice, “Happy
Mothers Day”.
Ahh. Bless your heart mama. BOYS., . it is true, you do have a Mother of the year in your presence. She gets paid with all your hugs , loves, kisses. And I will say it takes the most special of moms to do the wipe routine. With kiddo bending over to ankles and awaiting mommies special wiping touch. THAT.. is a loving dedicated mom.I pray that all is on the mend. The sickies are going around and around but it sounds like you are the winner of most sickies in shortest time. Not the award you're hoping for but, the good news to this as I have learned. The more sickies you get while young, the more immune(somewhat) you are to many of them as you get older. So, you're just trying to quickly get them all out of your system now, right =) So, in a few years mommy gets a reprieve from all the super sickies. A little light at the end if the ol'tunnel .. Xoxo
ReplyDeleteAhh. Bless your heart mama. BOYS., . it is true, you do have a Mother of the year in your presence. She gets paid with all your hugs , loves, kisses. And I will say it takes the most special of moms to do the wipe routine. With kiddo bending over to ankles and awaiting mommies special wiping touch. THAT.. is a loving dedicated mom.I pray that all is on the mend. The sickies are going around and around but it sounds like you are the winner of most sickies in shortest time. Not the award you're hoping for but, the good news to this as I have learned. The more sickies you get while young, the more immune(somewhat) you are to many of them as you get older. So, you're just trying to quickly get them all out of your system now, right =) So, in a few years mommy gets a reprieve from all the super sickies. A little light at the end if the ol'tunnel .. Xoxo
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