I was in Kohl's today finishing up Mother's day gifts. Just one last item. In front of me in line stood two small girls with their father, clearly accomplish a similar goal. I smiled at the older of the two. She waved at me and smiled back. Then she said "Hi!"
"Hi" I greeted. "Are you shopping for you mom?"
"Uh-huh!" head shaking rigorously.
"Really? Me too." I held out my purchase and asked if she thought my mom would like it. Then I asked "What gift are you buying for your mother?"
"We are not telling you" the smaller sister chimed in, clearly feeling left out. She received a nasty look from her older sister who proudly turned and declared they were all done with the gift and it was great. But it was a secret.
"Well, that's very nice. I'm sure she'll love it." I said thinking the conversation nearly at its end.
The older girl, who I later learned to be six, was indeed quite for about sixty seconds before she turned and looked straight at me.
"Do you have children?" she inquired.
"No, I don't." I said. Plainly, honestly, and with a twinge of well-hidden pain that I'd been keenly aware of all day.
"Well, why not?" she continued. Six year olds.
"Well, I think I should have a husband before I have children." Seeing no reason to make up some other reason, I told her the most obvious one.
"You don't have a husband either?" she was so surprised that she took this to her sister. In a secretive manner, but none too quietly, there was "whispering." "She doesn't have children or a husband."
The little one, quite dismayed herself, made a sequenced-up faced and actually screamed in a loud whisperish voice, as if to still keep the "secret," "She doesn't have children or a husband? Your kidding?"
She was so serious - they both were. They actually seemed disappointed that I didn't have kids. And apparently, a husband, as they clearly understood this was the logical progression of things.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that everyone at least two lines over probably knew I was single. All because I love kids. Someday I will have them. Then the two little girls in Kohl's
(who will likely be in college) can rejoice with me and my husband.
For all of those of you who do have children, love the cute things they say and have a blessed and Happy Mother's Day!!!
Back in college, in 2004 when blogging was hardly even a thing yet, I was here. Blogging before blogging meant anything to anyone. You can look in the archives for my past writings, but it was much more like a journal in the past. When we started fundraising, I messed around with the idea of launching something new for this new phase of our journey but actually hated that idea. I am a sum of all of my life and so much of it is here already. So I'm keeping it here. At least for now.
My main focus these days is blogging about our newest journey into the bizarre and wonderful world of gestational surrogacy. Posts dated 2013 and forward will trend heavily toward that journey. I don't promise everything I write will be about though. There might be other things that sneak in occasionally.
Please come along our journey with us. As the saying goes, "The more, the merrier!"
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