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Huh. Some Mother's Day.
This Mother's Day is, for me, proof that teen life does not stop for anything – especially not me.
Daughter No. 1 is spending the night with her best friend because they have a big night of watching Supernatural on the TiVo. This is because they have spent the past week in technical rehearsals as crew for the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater production of Seussical and studying for AP exams, and thus were unable to watch their favorite CW show.
Daughter No. 2, the thespian in the family, has roped me into working at the Seussical character brunch on Sunday, so that she can be there to perform as a character. If you go -- and I highly recommend it as a great, inexpensive Mother's Day outing -- you'll see her as Alice in Wonderland. (Horton and the Cat in the Hat will be there, too.) Let it be noted that I signed up to help at the brunch before I knew it was Mother's Day.
In the afternoon, both girls will be in the play. Then they'll help strike the set and head off to the cast party. I figure I'll see them sometime around 9 p.m.
So, instead of lounging around the house reading the New York Times all Sunday morning and eating breakfast cooked for me by my daughters (who actually can cook), I will be serving food to other moms and not seeing my own kids.
The day gets better after the brunch, though. My husband has promised me lunch at my favorite sushi restaurant. The kids have rides to the cast party and home again, so I am saved from the interminable carpool.
After all those years of hovering like Horton over his egg, this might be the best Mother's Day yet. Once the morning is over, I get to rest, relax and pretend I have no kids.
Martini anyone?
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Comments
Huh, some Mother's Day is right. But at least you get a date out of it all.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Joy | May 8, 2008 1:19 PM
Thanks, Joy.
I think he felt sorry for me. It's a pity lunch, but I'll take it.
V
Posted by: Vicki Brennan | May 8, 2008 1:27 PM
It helps to recall what things were like when you were a teen. Perhaps you were an exception, but when my sister and I were teens, our parents were the last things on our minds. A token card was all we did if that, during that time of life.
Posted by: jeff | May 9, 2008 10:52 AM
Jeff,
You got that right! My children are much better to me than I was to my mom.
We've worked a lot in our family on appreciating others and what they do for you. I'm not saying my mom didn't teach me that, because she did. But I think my husband and I emphasize the importance of having appreciation for others -- and expressing that appreciation in genuine ways -- more than our parents ever did.
Vicki
Posted by: Vicki Brennan | May 9, 2008 11:46 AM