How Many Mommies Drove Their Kids to School on MLK Day?
Now, I must preface this by saying, I am blonde and have the luxury of using this status whenever I deem appropriate and neccesary. This is one of those moments. Maybe I can keep a tally on this blog to track my blondeness-ness…ness.
BLONDE STORY #1:
Last week I had a sick child, so I was not able to have my “Mommy day off.” You know the day…the only day sans children (who you love and adore and can’t imagine being apart from) where you can run errands, have lunch dates, go to the grocery store ALONE, etc… So after a busy weekend, I was cherishing the quiet moments alone on my Monday. My day. My day of peacefulness, Diet Coke and blogging. Near perfection!
So after rushing my children around this Monday morning, tearing through folded laundry baskets for matching socks and the “right” pink dress, screams of no teeth and hair brushing, tears of frustration and ear-piercing screams of clothing refusal, I kept it cool with one beautiful thought… I will have the day to myself in one hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes…
So after putting one child in the car with the bare minimum: no coat, no socks, no shoes (these can always be done in the school parking lot), I drove through the morning fog to the girls’ preschool. It did not occur to me when the usually busy streets were completely empty that something was different. It is my day! It didn’t occur to me when I told my husband that the banks were closed today because of MLK Day. Six hours of true concentration. It hit me in the noggin when I pulled into the school’s parking lot and nary a car was there. No sign of life at the always hopping church.
I won’t bore you with the details of the thoughts that were racing through my mind regarding poorly organized calendars (mine, not the schools), cancellations of today’s luncheon with fabulously fun friends, babysitters, and lastly blondeness. But I will share that if it were any other holiday, I might have had more frustration with losing my precious day of solitude.
As I pulled back into my driveway, after sufficient moaning and whining in my head, I thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. and how he would be shaking his head at my behaviour. At that moment, I was reminded why we have this special day for him and his fight for equality. Such a beautiful person was brutally removed from our earth and I should be spending this day reflecting on his messages, spending quality time with my fabulous children and yes…I Shall Overcome the loss of my Mommy Day, for another Monday hopefully will be next week!
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