Archive for May, 2011
When we were kids growing up at home, it became normal for us to hear our mother shriek from time to time. I guess with ten children, and a husband who was a practical joker, it was to be expected.
ARCTIC FOX
Several years ago, during a vacation to Prince Edward Island, my husband and I went to an Indian village. In one of the shops we went into, my husband spotted a pure white stuffed Arctic fox that had been mounted on a log. He had to have it. I didn’t want him to get it because to me, there is nothing beautiful about having a dead animal on display in my home. I found it morbid and even disgusting.
Life’s most embarrassing moments in public… we’ve all had them where we wish a hole would open up and swallow us so we could escape that painful moment. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the unexpected sneeze in church when you don’t have a tissue with you and you realize that you’ve just sprayed boogers on the back of the person’s hair or clothing in front of you. Or, perhaps it was a stealthy, but lethal smelling fart that sneaked out the cuff of your pant leg. You hope that if you can control the blush, no one will know it was you.
Mother’s Day is such a special occasion. I am sure that God smiles on mothers and also on all care givers. In our home, Mother’s Day was treated even more special than birthdays.