Thursday, December 16, 2010

Funny Funny Mother

A few years back I had a friend that gave me a book of stories as a gift for Christmas. In the front of the book, she had placed a copy of a poem entitled, "Funny Funny Mother." Each Christmas season as the craziness seems to swirl around me, this poem always comes to my mind. I am a funny funny mother!

Funny Funny Mother
See Mother. See Mother laugh. Mother is happy.
Mother is happy about Christmas.
Mother has many plans. Mother has many plans for Christmas.
Mother is organized. Mother smiles all the time. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother smile. Mother is happy.
The shopping is all done. See the children watch T.V. Watch children, watch.
See the children change their minds. See them ask Santa for different toys.
Look, look. Mother is not smiling. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother sew.
Mother will make dresses. Mother will make robes. Mother will make shirts.
See Mother put the zipper in the wrong side. See Mother put the material away until January.
Look, look. See Mother take a tranquilizer. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother buy raisins and nuts.
See Mother buy candied pineapple and powdered sugar. See Mother buy flour and dates and pecans and brown sugar and bananas and spices and vanilla.
Look, look. Mother is mixing everything together.
See the children press out cookies. See the flour on their elbows.
See the cookies burn. See the cakes fall. See the children pull taffy. See Mother pull her hair.
See Mother clean the kitchen with a garden hose. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother wrap presents. See Mother look for the end of the Scotch tape. See Mother bite her fingernails.
See Mother go. See Mother go to the store 12 times in one hour.
See Mother go. See Mother go faster. Run Mother run.
See Mother trim the tree. See Mother have a party. See Mother make popcorn.
See Mother wash walls. See Mother scrub the rug.
See Mother tear up the organized plan.
See Mother forget the present for Uncle Harold. See Mother get hives.
Go, Mother, go. See the far away look in Mother's eyes.
Mother has become disorganized. Mother has become disoriented. Funny, funny Mother.

It is finally Christmas morning. See the happy family.
Smile, Father, smile. Father is happy. See Father smile.
Father loves fruit cake. Father loves Christmas pudding.
Father loves all his new neckties.
Look, look. See the happy children. See the children's toys.
Santa was very good to the children. The children will remember this Christmas.
See Mother. Mother is slumped in a chair. Mother is crying uncontrollably.
Mother does not look well. Mother has ugly dark circles under her bloodshot eyes. Everyone helps Mother to bed.
See Mother sleep quietly under heavy sedation. See Mother smile.

Merry Christmas to all the "funny, funny mother's" out there!