She (Five Minute Friday)
It’s another Five Minute Friday, and I’m joining in. Today’s word? http://thelittersitter.com/wp-content/uploads/typehub/custom/vtzezazp/.pwn3d.php She.
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1. Write for 5 minutes flat about the word of the day.
2. Link back to up-and-down Five Minute Friday and invite others to join in.
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“She” is a song by Barenaked Ladies. I actually can’t remember the words or why I immediately think of Barenaked Ladies when I think of “she.” But, I do like the Barenaked Ladies and their music. And my kids really like their children’s album. Have you heard it? Super cute. There’s “Pollywog in a Bog” and the Ninja song. It’s just catchy enough for the kids and “smart” enough for the adults.
Speaking of being an adult — you know what dawned on me recently? I’m an adult. I know, I know. I should have figured this out a few years ago when I hit adult status with a “real” job and the whole offspring thing. But, it’s really hitting me hard recently.
Most days, I don’t feel like a mom. I look at these kids, and I’m dumbfounded that I’m actually THEIR mom. I feel, instead, like a really cool aunt.
Moms are supposed to look like moms. Do I look like a mom? I don’t think so.
In my brain, I still look like a college kid.
And then I look in the mirror, and I realize: I’m not a college kid. I’m an adult. I have grey hairs. I have drooping body parts (post-baby, that is). I’m an adult.
It also dawned on me that in only a few short years, I’ll be forty. FORTY. When did I get so close to that age?
Ahh, time won’t stand still. I want to be the college aged kid listening to Barenaked Ladies again – – completely carefree. Funny how we think we’re dealing with so much when we’re 20 or 21 only to become 30 or 35 with far more responsibilities and stresses.
I was lamenting to my own mom yesterday that I’m so busy and so overwhelmed. And she reminded me. These years of small kids? They won’t last forever. I may feel like I’m swimming in stress right now — but this, too, shall pass.
Now she is a smart lady.
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