 Happy Mother's Day
A friend just shared this and I am compelled to pass it along to YTers ...
This is a great mother’s day memory from someone.
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 three kids and, at the time of this story, they were
four years old, three years old and one 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 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.
May the wind be at your back, the sun on your face, and the love
of God in your heart in your daily life. |