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No recipe today, dear reader. Just a little story to put a chuckle in your heart and a smile on your face. Because it’s Mothers Day soon, and I know you like to giggle on Mothers Day, don’t you?
I thought so.
Me too.
Last month I gave the key note address at The CEU Women’s Conference. My Mom and sisters traveled down to the college with me, and boy did we have a fun time. (After the address, that is.) I was in worry, worry oh my heck why did I say I would do this mode, until it was all said and done. Literally. The topic I spoke on was Making Life An Adventure. I finished my talk off with the story I am about to share with you.
They liked it.
I thought you might enjoy it, too.
Try to still love me after you read it, okay?
Here. It is. In all it’s glory.
“Hello there. I’m wondering if you have any really small life jackets.”
To which she said…
Nothing.
She just stared at me.
I thought maybe she didn’t hear me, and so I ever so politely said.
“Do you have any small life jackets?”
This time she just looked around, refusing to even make eye contact with me! What is up with her, I thought.
Then she just walked away.
Holy cowgirl!She just totally ignored me. This. Is very strange.
At which point my sister in law came up to me and said…
“Um. Jamie.”
“Yeah?”
“You. Are totally wearing your bra.”
And I was.
I totally WA-HUZ!!!!! I had on my big white bra over the top of my big hefty purple swimming suit, dear reader. I WAS WEARING MY BRA IN PUBLIC!!
Because I am so sophisticated and well organized, as I previously mentioned.
Now, you may be wondering what a girl knee deep in a pool who had just realized her embarrassing situation might do next, aren’t you? Well, what could I do…but parade myself back to the bank of lockers, remove the big white bra and toss the old girl inside with my other things.
And then hide in the corner in shame.
Cry a little.
Put a paper bag over my head.
I didn’t do any of those things, because I had small children in the pool…remember?
And it’s my life goal to be a really organized, really classy mother. Which I totally am, as you can tell by this story.
So, I just got in the pool and played with my kids.
And laughed with my sisters.
Because during times like these…that’s all there is left to do.
Happy Mother’s Day, to all of you moms out there. Thanks for joining me today! 🙂 See you back here soon, more fabulous recipes lay in wait just for you and your pretty white bra. Please wear it under your clothing at all times, is the very important lesson I would like to leave with you at this time.
The end.
thank you for this laugh out loud moment – totally needed that!
Tears are streaming down my cheeks and my sides ache from laughing!!
Best laugh all year!! 🙂
Thanks for the great laugh!
Not many things make me laugh out loud, but this did! Thank you for sharing.
Jamie you are seriously the funniest girl on the planet. I love your blog, your stories are so funny, I can't remember laughing so hard – Only you could get away with that, you are just too cute!! Love love love this blog!!!!! Wish you were my sister, cousin, aunt, BFF, you make my day!
I am a catholic mom and when our daughter was 13,she finially made her First Holy Communion in the May class where there were kids of all ages up to 15.The daughter was in puberty at the time and bedwetting because of it.We had her in cloth diapers and rubberpants at night from just past 12 when her bedwetting started. The First Communion dress code for the girls was a poofy,short sleeve,knee length communion dress and veil with lace anklets and white maryjane shoes.The communion dresses were considered as extensions of the baptism gown the girls were dressed in as babies,so to represent the purity of their baptisms for First Holy Communion,all of the girls had to wear a cloth diaper and rubberpants and tee shirt under their dresses.Since the daughter was wearing the diapers and rubberpants for her bedwetting,i sewed some of her diapers together to make the required diaper,and then put one of her newest pair of white rubberpants over it,with the tee shirt as her top.Some of the moms of the older girls in the class were talking about where to find the diaper and rubberpants and i told them about my daughter being a bedwetter and wearing them for the bedwetting. As it turned out,i wound up loaning some of the moms my daughters diapers and rubberpants for their daughters to wear under their communion dresses!Since my daughter was 13, the moms of the other 13,14 and 15 year old girls were happy to have the diapers and rubberpants to fit their daughters!
When i was 10,i was friends with a neighbor girl,Pamela,who was 11.She also was a bedwetter and wore cloth diapers and rubberpants to bed every night.Her and i liked to go to the beach and swim and sit and lay on our towels and soak up the sun.Pammy’s swim suit was two piece,with a terry cloth top and white terry cloth ‘boy leg’botoms that fit her loose.Her mom cut the white inner panty out of the bottoms and sewed in a pair of her rubberpants with a terry cloth lining in them that she wore with the bottoms.Since her boyleg bottoms fit her loose,the rubberpants could be seen when we were either sitting or laying on our towels.When i would occaisionally sleep over at her house,to support her i would wear some of her diapers and rubberpants to bed also which made her feel better.