Solo Mother

a day in the life

by christina on January 29th, 2007

The mother of my son’s future bride is studying to become a midwife. She has some pretty bizarre stuff floating around her house,pamphlets and literature and amazing books on birth and babies, and nothing shocks me anymore.

Imagine my surprise when, as I stand at the front door, waiting to be let into her house, my son appears at their window, dressed in a hoodie and a pair of her daughter’s tights. He’s waving a professionally printed card, on which the only word I can read, because it’s writ large, is “PENIS”.

And my child is shouting something about being a fairy and the daughter is yelling something about having a fairy baby, and they are both beside themselves with glee.

and the most incredible thing is?
it’s all good.

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