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Happy Mother's Day

Better days have been happening. I am going to have a bone marrow drive on May 20th at my church. How cool is that??!!! The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center is helping me do it. They rock! Thanks to Yvonne for sacrificing a whole day for us on that.

And this Mother's Day Moment is brought to you via Email from Sis #2. And no. Not her story, but sounds like something that would happen to one of us.

So, 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 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 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.

I love you internets. Thank you for the encouragement on the mission. Thank you for always spreading the word!

I can do this. I have a debu_team behind me. And thanks to Paige for making my day with that comment. Hi to Carla too. Met her as she and her husband were donating platelets here in SA. Hugs to Collins and Damien. You are in my thoughts. As is my pal Pam C - I'm sending you Uma thoughts today.

Your assignment today is to sign up for Team Zoe. If you have a walk anywhere near you, sign up to sponsor a Team Zoe in your city. Even if you don't fundraise, when we get t-shirts, buy one. Walk if you can. Zoe wants an army. And now I've even made business cards for her:

Zoe C
Head Kid in Charge
www.teamzoe.net
Kids Count Towards the Cure

If your wee one signs up, or if you sign up, Zoe said you could pick your own title and I will try to make all of you business cards if you want some :)

I love you internets.

Brenda, Nikki and Sarah, and my sweet Kadin, today is for you!

Posted by debutaunt at May 11, 2007 09:50 AM