domingo, 14 de septiembre de 2008

the lone box of raisins

Mama Llama failed her Princesita.

She was sent to the first grade on Friday with the belief that she would be purchasing herself some pizza. Her Friday "treat"...and Mama Llama's once a week treat of not having to pack lunch. Just a little perk.

It was talked about Thursday night after Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep was said. It was met with great enthusiasm, hugs, kisses and "Thank you, Mama!" So I assumed...

I have since learned that my darling princesita forgot.
Mama Llama, of course, also forgot to remind her on Friday morning.

And she thought that all I packed her for lunch was a tiny little box of raisins (for afternoon snacktime) and a bottle of water.

So all my baby girl had on Friday to eat was a lone box of raisins. "But Mama," she said, in an evident effort to dry my I Have Failed As A Mother tears, "I drank my entire bottle of water!"

Oh, darling little girl.

Whoever knew that one single box of raisins could bring a mother to her knees, humbling me so?

6 comentarios:

  1. Oh... povrina. I can't even imagine what was going through her mind - and your heart when she told you.

    At least you will have another pizza chance - and I am sure she will remember this time as will you. ;)

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  2. What a sweetheart!

    I'm sure that my own would have stomped up to me and said "You forgot to pack my lunch!" while her eyes blazed scarlet fire.

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  3. Oh...poor mama and poor baby...I hope you took her out for a huge pizza.

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  4. I used to do stuff like that when I was a kid. My mom would send me to school with a bag of potato chips and I was supposed to miraculously get lunch from the lunch line, or something. And I'd be starving by the end of the day, since all I ate was chips.

    A wandering mind is the sign of genius! You have a smart girl. :-)

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  5. Ok I missed something. She didn't get pizza because?

    Poor baby. And poor you. It's hard to live down guilt like that.

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  6. Awwww! Aren't they so cute? They just live their little lives and want us to be happy, never disappoint us... my kids are the biggest support I have in my life. And to quote from our favorite bedtime story: "A person's a person, no matter how small."

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