I am a pre-menopausal mother of five... two teenaged daughters, and three older sons, one of whom just completed his second tour in Iraq. I have literally changed thousands of diapers in my years as a mother and more recently as a grandmother. I dream... nay, I live for the day when the proverbial reversal of roles kick in and my kids have the pleasure of changing my diapers.
A letter to Santa (because someone had to write it!)
Dear Santa,
Listen up Mister, I’ve been a mother for 25 years and I am putting my foot down once and for all. I am tired of YOU getting ALL the credit for MY hard work!
You don’t spend the entire year making toys in your toy shop for good boys and girls, Mattel and Hasbro do, and then I have to hazard the crazed hoards of other parents in search of the perfect toy for Little Jimmy and Little Suzy, I fore go meals of substance and settle for bologne sandwiches in the months leading up to Christmas so I can afford these toys which YOU DO NOT provide for free. I stay up until 3am Christmas morning wrapping said toys and fall into bed only to be awaken a short hour later by my excited children exclaiming ‘Santa was here, Santa was here!’
Never again! This year all of the tags on the brightly and meticulously wrapped presents will bear my name. Mom. There will be nothing under the tree suggesting that you had any part in the gift giving. Your days of glory are over Bucko, so put this in your pipe and smoke it!
Sincerely, Mom~
ps: Merry Christmas!
Jody, this just makes me laugh because my three are still firm believers, despite my desperate attempts to get them to figure it out…because I am just so ready to go “YOU CAN’T HAVE IT, IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE!” I know it’s so much fun when they’re all little and excited but I’m over it.
Comment by Hillary — January 2, 2010 @ 3:58 pm