I tried really, really hard to skip church today. I even told a few people that we would not be able to make it. I had a whole slew of reasons not to go.
Top 5 Reasons Not To Go To Church Today:
5) Dick is out of town.
4) I’m just barely starting to get over congestion and hoarseness from the volcanic ash that has finally dissipated.
3) Susan’s got green snot and Sally says her throat hurts. (Sally also “broke” her elbow this morning; luckily she is handy with a scarf-sling, and she forgot about it when the sacrament came by, throwing off the scarf and reaching for the tray).
2) We are now meeting in the Gulfport Senior Citizen’s Center, which has no nursery. NO NURSERY.
And the number one reason not to go to church today:
1) It is Mother’s Day.
The number one reason to go to church today (besides the whole “right thing to do” blah, blah):
1) My parents (my MOTHER) would be disappointed in me if they knew, and I would be upset if Sally remembered, some day, that Mom skipped church when Dad was out of town. Oh, and also, I just bought a size 10(!!) skirt on clearance at Walmart, and hey, I gotta show it off, right?
The Mother’s Day stuff was about what you’d expect (I love you, Mom!), but the whole NO NURSERY thing has got to go. Granted, Susan is the only 18 month-3 year-old kid in our congregation right now, but she counts for at least five normally-behaved kids.
Our Branch President’s (Pastor) wife asked me if Dick was with his mother today. I lost it: “Hah! That is not how our relationship works. If he were in the state, he would be here with me.” Of course, he is free to visit his mother any time, as long as he takes at least two of the kids with him.
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You forgot to mention that the primary was supposed to sing mothers day songs in sacrament, and Avery is 1/2 of the primany, so you had to go or you would have let down the other half of the primary.
I am not as good as you Shannon, I was reading your post, and I was like good, I wasn’t the only one who didn’t go to church today, until I got to the end and realized that you did go!! I actually got up this morning, got the husband and baby ready, and then was too sick to walk out the door. I even tried to do my hair so I would be pretty for my first mothers day….anyway, now I am sitting on the couch rejoicing that Liam is finally asleep so I can take a nap and then hopefully feel better once Ryan gets home from work. I made Ryan stay home from church too so he can take care of Liam for me while I was sleeping.
Anyway, Happy Mothers Day!!
I bow to your goodness, but I don’t know how you did it. Our ward does a cool women’s conference on Mothers Day and I had a very nice time. Then I felt inspired to join my own mother at church, part way through her sacrament meeting. Apparently that was the right choice; my Dad said I made her day. Did Tom leave you any presents, or is that a dumb question? Aaron got me a new waffle maker, thanks to my habit of just telling him what I want, or buying it myself. I think you are one of the best Mothers I know, right after my own! And I know your kids think that everyday, not just once a year.
dude! my kids are now watching toy story and i am vegging out myself. does sudafed have a cumulative effect? glad your mother’s day was good. of course dumb question on the presents. but i did get myself a terry cloth swimsuit coverup/robe from the outlets.
Danielle–missed you today. i hope you get feeling better. sickness is definitely a legitimate excuse, but i had not let mine stop me from entertaining(?) tom’s family on friday night and going to walmart and the library yesterday, so i had to ask myself how sick was i really? i hope you took a picture of your cute hair day for Liam’s baby book.
mostly i go to church every week so i can tell my kids later that they have to.