Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Please don't lick the rock...

After living on this earth for nearly 37 years and having had the privilege to have seen and experienced so much, I would have to say after 18 months in my role as MOM, that becoming a parent exposes you to situations that you never even considered as possibilities. It is truly amazing that many of my inhibitions and before-child notions have faded and been replaced by more useful and primitive impulses. Here are a few that come to mind:

Did I ever think I would be wiping my son's boogers from his nose at the playground and unprepared without tissues end up wiping them on my own sleeve?

Did I ever think I would sing in public or hop around like a frog only to do it every week during Cole's music class?

Did I ever imagine that I could read the same book over and over and over and over when I won't even watch the same movie twice?

Did I ever imagine that I would spit into Cole's hand at the park to help wash the dirt away from a new "ouchy"?

Did I ever believe I would voluntarily offer to clean up the poop from the bathtub mishap rather than cook dinner?

Did I ever believe I would be saying such things as "please don't lick the rock"?

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