Turn Around Time

Last month I blogged about still being a Mother. Last night I was the child, and my kids (mostly Anne) mothered me. It was a unique experience. I'm not used to being on the receiving end.

I broke my nose at Pat's house. We had all just gotten there to celebrate birthdays. What did I do after being there about 5 minutes? Yep, ran my face into a brick wall. Boy howdy, I'll think twice about ever using that expression again! So after getting me ice, water, a pillow, copious amounts of tissue, everybody decided (with my consent) I needed to be hauled off to the emergency room.

The good thing about it was that I had some one on one time with Annie, which I haven't had since about July 1st (Graham's birthday). It was nice to just visit a little. However next time, I think I'd like to skip the reason that we were together for so long. The emergency room wasn't too busy, so we got in fairly quickly, but still....it's the hospital. What we found out, was yep my nose was broken (Annie called that after the first minute) and I should put ice on it. Thank you, that'll be $1000!!

Then I was driven home, via the pharmacy and La Madeleine for some dinner. Annie wouldn't hear of me taking her home and driving the rest of the way by myself. So I was taken home, then Lizzi took Annie home (our family does the team approach) and I was admonished to call in the morning to make sure I survived the night. I took some Advil, and went to bed "to mend my head".

Instead of complaining about being treated like the child, I should (and am trying to) thank my children (THANK YOU ALL) and realize I taught them how to be the kind of parents they are turning out to be. They are going to use those skills for many years to come. So, nice job kids. (I just have to add that I hope you don't have to play parent for me regularly for a while yet.)

Not to make light of Annie driving me to the hospital and staying with me, I know any one of them could and would have done the same thing. To quote Henry Fonda in Spencer's Mountain "not a throw away in the bunch"! Yep, my kids!