Posted by Catherine, the redhead mom blogger on Sep 15, 2008 in
Brian and Mom
“Mom! I’m ready. Let’s go!”
“Do you have everything … your Math book, your lunch…?”
“YES MOM – we need to go!”
Off we race to school. We arrive (on time) at school, as Brian is about to close the car door…
“Do you have your gym clothes?”
“No Mom, I packed everything but that.”
“Funny. Have a great day.”
“NO MOM. I really did leave them at home!”
(This redhead mother’s sigh can be heard half way around the world).
“I’ll go home, get them and bring them back to the office. You can pick them up there.”
“Thanks Mom. I love you.”
Off he runs, happy as a lark. I now must fight three different school traffic to get back home. Once home, I notice his gym clothes are where I left them … next to where his lunch was. Funny how boys can remember to take food, but not clothing. Twenty minutes later, I am back at Brian’s school. There is a line for the office and suddenly it dawns on me that the line is formed by nothing but parents … holding gym clothes.
As I hear each parent say their child’s name I note they are all boy names, until the school admin gets to a woman handing over a lunch – its for a girl.
I guess on Mondays girls don’t care to eat and boys don’t care to exercise.
And we parents get to drive.
And drive.
And drive.
Until next time-
C
http://www.aweekinthelifeofaredhead.com
Tags: A Week In The Life of A Redhead, Monday Morning Parenting, Parenting conversations
Posted by Catherine, the redhead mom blogger on Sep 11, 2008 in
Remembering
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
~John McCrae “In Flanders Fields” (1915)
Until next time -
C
Catherine, the redhead blogger
http://www.aweekinthelifeofaredhead.com
Tags: 9/11, A Week In The Life of A Redhead, Poetry
Posted by Catherine, the redhead mom blogger on Sep 10, 2008 in
Mom Technology Woes
Some days it pays to get out of bed and join the world.
This afternoon GoDaddy called me at work … not something that exactly happens to me everyday. They offered to restore much of my site, which was like someone saying, “Here, let me take on that cross and carry it 10 miles for you.”
Yes, they may have wiped it away, but the idea of recreating this blog from Google cache was looking about as appealing as having lunch with an ex who is more successful and better looking. Can’t I just drink wine?
But these blog stories are ultimately for my son Brian. They are a living breathing document of how much I love raising him. My own father died when I was 18. There are no notes, no letters, no voice messages, no videos … nothing I can experience to make me feel his voice again. If the Internet really does live on forever, then my grandchildren will read how much I loved being Brian’s mom. No matter what happens to me in my life, Brian will be able to read what life was like raising him. So I was going to have to recover the site … somehow.
That somehow turned out to be GoDaddy.
I have to thank GoDaddy customer service for saving me many, MANY days of work. I still have pictures to restore, but my blog is back up.
Meanwhile Brian’s voice is cracking. He’s into BOXES of cereal. The dog no longer bothers looking to him for scraps of food. The cat just runs and hides … I think she is afraid he will eat her too. He’s admits many girls are cute (Mom is gulping wine). He knows everything. Movies are only to be seen with his dude pack. He stares at himself in every mirror and lives in the bathroom.
When exactly do the teenage years end?
Thank you all again for your emails and comments.
Until next time-
C
Catherine, the redhead blogger
http://www.aweekinthelifeofaredhead.com
Tags: A Week In The Life of A Redhead, GoDaddy, godaddy deletes blog, Technology Woes
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