Meme Question from a few days ago: “Has there ever been time when your body and your mind were at odds with one another? How did you resolve the problem?” Okay, how about EVERY DAY? I have to say, I am obsessed with baked goods. No matter how hard I try, it seems I can’t get this sweet toothed monkey off my back. I’ve just spent an hour trying to negotiate whether I should have a Kellogg’s Special K bar (90 calories) or a toaster strudel (200 calories). It’s unnatural. And then again, so is getting my mother’s day photo from A: a picture of she and me, with me looking like a linebacker for (name of your favorite NFL Team). How is that possible? I thought the camera added ten pounds…not FIFTY. Holy Hostess Twinkies, Batman.
I think I should just go with A’s solution (above). In case you didn’t notice, we’re having Post Its for dinner. As a matter of fact, this would solve several of my current problems. I could just write the name of what I would have liked to cook for dinner on a post it and serve that to my family. Well anyway…remember that birthday story I told A on the day we had to cancel her party? Here it is.
THE BIRTHDAY STORY
Once upon a time there was a little girl named A…who was very smart, and very nice, and very beautiful. It was May 9th, and A had been looking forward to this day for a whole year. She was turning FOUR. She could hardly keep from bouncing up and down when her mother picked her up from preschool. They rushed home, where A changed into her birthday skirt and her birthday shirt, and her yellow galoshes with the bumblebees on them—because it had started to rain. It was time to go to her party! A and her mother stepped outside. The rain began to come down faster. They took a step. The rain came down harder. Suddenly, A started to feel all wiggly and tickly inside. She looked down at her hand and-Oh my gosh! She was turning into a RAIN DROP. She looked at her mommy and—Oh my gosh! Her mommy was turning into a rain drop!
This was certainly very strange. And things got even stranger because when A looked down, she saw that her feet were not touching the ground, and neither were her mommy’s. They held hands, as they started to rise higher and higher into the sky. Off in the distance, they say something floating toward them. It was daddy, and he was a raindrop too! They held hands as the floated up toward the clouds, wondering what would happen next. As soon as they broke through the clouds they saw that the sun was shining ever so brightly. And you know what happens when the sun and raindrops come together…It makes a rainbow. Up in the sky, mommy, and daddy, and A made a rainbow as the sun shined through their raindrop bodies. And there were other raindrop people up there too—a little girl named Susan and a little boy named Marquis were standing next to A. Susan and Marquis were with their parents, who were also raindrops. Marquis turned to A and said “Hi! How are you? Did you know that today was my birthday?” A gasped. “It’s my birthday too!” she told Marquis. Susan said “Hey! It’s MY birthday too!” All of the boys and girls who turned four on May 9th were floating up in the clouds, making a rainbow with their mommies and daddies.
It was a rainbow people party! A and the rest of the children started to smile and laugh, and when they did, they heard something strange—it was disco music—coming from the sun! ALL of the people started to dance and the sun turned into a big disco ball. Then little cupcakes started to sprout from the clouds—and each cupcake said “Happy Birthday” on them.
A and her mommy and her daddy and all the other raindrop-rainbow people laughed and danced and ate cupcakes until they were sleepy. As each person started to yawn, they slowly drifted back down to earth, turning back into regular people the closer they got to the ground. A held hands with her mommy and daddy, and they all went into the house and brushed their teeth and fell asleep.
It was the best birthday party ever.
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