My Mother's Day Wish

I love my family... I love my kids... I love spending time with them. But to be honest I spend a lot of time with them. Too much time. They crawl into bed with me at night and in the morning. They barge in on me when I am in the bathroom, or as some of my Southern friends prefer to call it... the commode. They hover over me on the computer and in the kitchen. And they are loud. And they all talk at once. No, they all shout at once. And if I leave a room to get away from me, they follow. As do their voices. All three of their loud voices. All at once. We have lots of rooms here. We even have a play room. A room for children. A large one over a 3 car garage. It has a sectional, a TV and toys. Lots and lots of toys. But the kids don't go up there. And if they do it is to get their toys and bring them down and leave them through the rest of the house. The play room has a door that closes. Too bad they close the door behind them, when they leave, not when they go up there. And when I am not at home they follow me... into the car where they seem to get louder and continue to all talk and shout at once, screaming, fighting, kicking, whining, oh my! Then they follow me to after school and sporting events and those who are not playing or sporting complain and whine some more that they always have to be dragged to this place and that place, and then they whine some more because well, they love to hear themselves whine!

So you see when it comes down to it I don't get much alone time.

And that's what I would like for Mother's Day! I want a few leisurely kid-free hours where I am not rushing to run this errand and that errand, or rushing home to do laundry and clean. Because those don't count.

I want a few hours where there are no screaming-fighting-shouting-hitting-biting-door-slamming children in the background.

I want to watch TV, read a book or blog without having to yell "keep it down!"

I want to eat my Bon Bons on the couch in front of Oprah and not have to sneak into the bathroom.

I want to go shopping by myself for myself.

I want to take a shopping break and have a nice cup of coffee.

I want to have a nice relaxing manicure and pedicure.

I want to come home to a clean house with laundry that has been washed and folded and put away.

I want to see a lovely bouquet of flowers.

I want someone to pour me a lovely glass of wine.

I want someone to hand me a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie and say "I love you, Mommy. I missed you Mommy!"

Or maybe what I really want is a nice day with my family with no fighting and no bickering. Bunches of little hugs and kisses. A nice relaxing day. And maybe a nice handmade card or two, with a coupon inside for a Day Off for shopping, coffee and a manicure and pedicure. And then there will be another coupon which will entitle me to a Day Off on the Couch to Eat Bon Bons!

Happy Mother's Day to you all!