Flash forward several years as a mom of 3 boys under 5 and a care giver to a 1yr old girl. Every day I have a moment of, wow, I sound just like my mother. What I really should say, I'm realizing, is that I sound just like A mother. The most recent was at the grocery store and it happens - I'm walking in front of the cart with Ben pushing it and it hits my heels. I feel the heat build and a flash back of MY mom's face when I would hit her heels with the cart. I remember the look as if I was seeing it now. I turn to Ben and get a sheepish "Sorry Mom", just for it to happen again a few minutes later.
I could go on and on of moments where I have flashbacks to my childhood and things I did to erk my mom. I guess what goes around DOES come around, as I'm getting it x3 now. I just feel bad that it is only now as a parent that I realize that the things that I though my mom said, did or nagged me about were no big deal REALLY ARE VERY ANNOYING.
The grand 'that will never be me' moment is one that will give everyone a good laugh. I remember seeing kids hauling around larger than life stuffed animals and thinking, my kid will NEVER have those. I remember when my nieces each got life sized stuffed labs and thought, what was my sister thinking?
Here we are at Costco and the boys find a stuffed bear that they HAVE to have and are so excited about. All I think when I look at it is how much I can get for it in a garage sale next year. But of course, my darling children win, I lose and all I can think is Sam is going to have a heart attack when I come home with that thing. We walk to the checkout counter, a boy muckled onto each leg/arm and smiles beaming. People are looking at me as I go by and I know they are saying, what in the world is she thinking buying that?
So your thinking, it's just a stuffed bear, what is the big deal.
Well, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Don't laugh too hard, it might end up as a gift to your child someday from 'Aunt Megan'. Try to tell them no....
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