A funny story for Mothers Day

May 7, 2008

Why My Lips Stayed Chapped on Mother's Day

So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died.

Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him

and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long

on this mat in our bathroom.

Well we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old,

3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loves chapstick.

LOVES it. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then losing it. So finally

one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep my chapstick and how

he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to put it right back

in the drawer when he was done.

Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and trying

to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys

are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my little

one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and

everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and

the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and and the baby loaded in the car and I am

looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the corner

to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my chapstick

very carefully to Jack's . . . rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and

said " chapped. " Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right -- their

little bottoms do look pretty chapped.. And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to

mind.

And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was the

FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds

us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures,

there will always be that day when you realize they've been using your

chapstick on the cat's butt.

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Blessings

Jack, Cheryl and Kile Killman

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning how to dance

in the rain. "

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