Re: will always have stripes

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In a message dated 9/8/2000 9:49:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

Bblueeyes1968@... writes:

<< " But mom will your stripes go away? " (meaning my stretch marks). >>

ROFL!! My 4 1/2 year old said the SAME EXACT THING (referring to my stretch

marks as 'stripes').... he said my tummy looks like a tiger..... LOL

Robin

Wife to Doug

Mommy to Tyler, 4 yrs., and Brennan, 1 yr.

Singer, wife, mom, secretary.. and not in that particular order.

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Oh, that is so cute! Mama has stripes! LOL!

When my kids were small, the car was parked nose-end to the

sidewalk in one of those small strip malls, with cars on

either side of it. My then-4-year-old son, Jimmy, one of

those brainiac looking and acting kids -- blonde hair and

glasses, straight out of a commercial, that one -- was hanging

out the back car window waving one arm in a " Go back " motion

at a lady who was just about to step off the sidewalk. The

woman was really large. Suddenly Jimmy called out, " Lady, go

back, you'll get stuck! "

(He was being serious and trying to be helpful.)

I nearly died.

But that wasn't as bad as the time I was in the doctor's office

with my other son, , when he was three. He was a *very*

articulate three year old.

When we got to the office, we were the only ones in the office.

We sat down in a row of chairs that had their back to the main

door into the office.

A few minutes later, a very, very old, very skinny, very

bald, fuzzy-headed, dark-skinned man, with really big ears,

came in. He was walking hunched over, very slowly, with a cane.

was standing in his seat, facing the door as the man came

in and excitedly hollered in all seriousness, " MAMA!

LOOK AT THE MONKEY! "

I glanced over my shoulder and, to my horror, saw that was

pointing at the man who had just come in. I snatched up

and plopped him in my lap, grabbing the only book in the place --

one of those children's Bible Story books that is in all the

doctors' offices. I flipped it open to the first picture I

came to and said, " Yes, , I see the monkey, " (pointing at

the book, hoping to get away with it.)

started pushing on my arm and pointing furiously at the

man as he hollered, " No, Mama, that's a GIRAFFE! The

monkey's OVER THERE!! "

Thank God the man was deaf.

" Children, bless them every one . . . "

> I just wanted to share a funny story with everyone.

> The other night my 5 year old son walked into my bedroom and all I

> had on was my panties and bra, he looked at me with a smile and I

> told him that maybe real soon mommy's belly would be getting

> smaller. He looked at me really seriously and asked, " But mom

will

> your stripes go away? " (meaning my stretch marks). I wanted to

laugh

> so hard, but I answered him seriously with, " Well I'm just like a

> zebra, I'll always have my stripes. " The things that come out of

> babe's mouths.... LOL

> Tammy in Wisconsin

> BMI 50