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Foster Care: Why The Church Can Stop Outsourcing Child Welfare by Jason Johnson
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You have a whole different voice when you talk to your kids. Like super happy. Kind of like when people tell pregnant ladies or newlyweds "you're glowing". Your voice glows.
My friend Kristin
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Me: Alrighty, ready to go home? Whew, you smell!
Daycare teacher: Oh, let me change him real quick before you go.
A few minutes later...
Daycare teacher: He had a lot of dirt and rocks in his diaper...
He is alllllll boy, that's fo sho.
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At a restaurant where Sister was smiling at two elderly ladies at another table.
Lady: She's so pretty. Look at that hair. Which one of you do the curls come from?
[Beat]
Me: Oh, uh, him. [Points to Trent] He just shaves his head now.
What was I supposed to say?? "Oh, her curls came from neither of us, we didn't give birth to her..." It was some nice stranger we'll never see again. And it wasn't entirely a lie. Trent
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After a particularly rough day in parenting land:
Trent: You need to take more breaks, babe. Go get drinks with Kristin or go read at Starbucks or...
Me, in tears: ...go to Target...
Trent: You want to go to Target?
Me, even more tears: Yeah, I just really, really want to go to Target...
Trent: Well then, by golly, let's get you to Target.
I am happy to report that I later that week spent literally two hours wandering around in Target and it was glorious.
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