Friday, May 15, 2020

Motherhood in the Time of Coronavirus (Or Not)






I really find this video laughing-out-loud funny: A mother (I presume) goes out to take the trash while carrying her baby. Comes back with the trash. Realizes her mistake and panics.

I find it funny perhaps because it's so real. Not that I've actually done it myself. Something close.

Maybe it was about 21 years ago, I don't remember the exact date or year, but I remember it was when my kids were very small.

Because my shift started in the afternoon, I tried to spend bonding moments with my three (yes, three) kids in the morning. I would feed them, give them baths, play with them, then prepare for work.

One day, as I was about to leave for work, one of them pooped. So I took off my pants (because I didn't want them to get wet), went to the bathroom, and washed and cleaned the baby.

With my mind already on the work ahead, I took my bag and rushed out of the house. Just as I was about to open the gate and walk out the street, my daughter, who was about three then, asked, "You're going out without pants?"

"No pants!"

If it hadn't been for her, how far would I have walked before realizing how under-dressed I was?






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