Happy Mom Day

I first became a mom two days before my first official “Mother’s Day.”

Two years later, I found out I was expecting my second child.

Nine years and counting. Today l reveled in the handmade cards, beaded bracelet, handpicked blooms and hugs from my two children.

Husbands may complain it’s a Hallmark holiday, but us moms know the truth.

Mother’s Day reminds us we are blessed. 

written for http://blog.sacramentoparent.com/ 

He Said What?!

I retreated to the water closet for the briefest moment of solitude.

Wisely, I locked the door. Nary a second passed when I heard the familiar rattle rattle of the brass door handle.

“Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees,” I called in my sing-song, annoyed mommy voice.

“Mommy,” my daughter whined, “Berkeley said the S-H word.” 

He said what? I thought to myself. But before jumping to conclusions, I asked the question:

“And what would that be?”

“He told me to ’shut up’,” my daughter called through the door.

A sigh of relief. Not ideal, but better than the alternative.

written for http://blog.sacramentoparent.com/