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Tuesday
Mar182008
Four days late is still better than he did 8 years ago.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 9:17PM
It is true, I am the shittiest mother alive.
Here I am, now FOUR DAYS PAST my kids birthday, and I haven't even bothered to write him a post. I can write my ex boyfriend a post on his birthday right on time, but the poor middle child? Way to perpetuate the stereo-type he so lives by in the first place.
Don't worry about him, though. In a week, I'll edit out that top part, change the time stamp, and in 20 years he'll be none the wiser.
*ahem*
My dear baby boy, my TXU, happy 8th birthday. Today we realized that you are now the magic age that allows you to go down the waterslide at the pool all by yourself. This may the single greatest thing that has ever happened to you in your life so far. Well, that and Blizzards. Bygones.
I have written about you, for good or evil, in every conceivable light on this here bloggety blog. The truth is, though, that there is no way to put you into print. You are flickers of your past and glimpses of your future. You are forever changing and shifting and moving. You are a prism that came through me to light our world. In you, I am reminded and motivated at the same time. I knew you the day I met you, the second I met you, the way you know someone for a life time. You were no accident, you, being mine. As much as I don't believe in any of that stuff, you were meant to be, not just a kid, but my kid in my life at this exact time.
You remind me that I must have done something right along the way, because seriously? You are a gift, a present, a reward.
I thought that I would take a walk down amnesia lane and go over some of my favorite things you have ever said to me.
Here I am, now FOUR DAYS PAST my kids birthday, and I haven't even bothered to write him a post. I can write my ex boyfriend a post on his birthday right on time, but the poor middle child? Way to perpetuate the stereo-type he so lives by in the first place.
Don't worry about him, though. In a week, I'll edit out that top part, change the time stamp, and in 20 years he'll be none the wiser.
*ahem*
My dear baby boy, my TXU, happy 8th birthday. Today we realized that you are now the magic age that allows you to go down the waterslide at the pool all by yourself. This may the single greatest thing that has ever happened to you in your life so far. Well, that and Blizzards. Bygones.
I have written about you, for good or evil, in every conceivable light on this here bloggety blog. The truth is, though, that there is no way to put you into print. You are flickers of your past and glimpses of your future. You are forever changing and shifting and moving. You are a prism that came through me to light our world. In you, I am reminded and motivated at the same time. I knew you the day I met you, the second I met you, the way you know someone for a life time. You were no accident, you, being mine. As much as I don't believe in any of that stuff, you were meant to be, not just a kid, but my kid in my life at this exact time.
You remind me that I must have done something right along the way, because seriously? You are a gift, a present, a reward.
I thought that I would take a walk down amnesia lane and go over some of my favorite things you have ever said to me.
Reader Comments (37)
absolutely funny post about a boy who is simply what any boy should be...someone who makes people laugh. and think he's so crazy.
wish us moms could bottle it all up. happy birthday, mine's two years away.
Happy birthday! Boys are kewl. My oldest is starting to say that crazy stuff... I sometimes don't know how to react... and the more I laugh, the more he does it. I just can't ignore funny penis comments! LOL
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Oh that was killer good. What a cool kid. Well worth the 4 day delay, but just in case, you should back date this and re-title. You have real-world smarts, you. Man I bet if I used that tickle line back in the day, I would have scored big. Damn, you learn the best things after the fact.
BusyDad's last blog post..http://www.busydadblog.com/entries/toy-breaking-news.html' rel="nofollow">(Toy) Breaking News
This is a great letter. And, frankly, I think that when he's in his 20s, he's going to be so mortified that you wrote all about his penis for the Internets to read that he won't even care that much about the date...but I'm only guessing...
MommyTime's last blog post..http://mommysmartini.blogspot.com/2008/03/getting-to-know-meme.html' rel="nofollow">Getting to Know Me(me)
How awesome. What a fun and silly kid. I wear slippers constantly, and you all are welcome to visit anytime ;)
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If he's that funny, and grows up to write as well as his mama, he's going to be rich and famous.
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What a great kiddo. Happy Birthday!
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Ah, 2of3. Happy Birthday again. And thanks for making me laugh out loud during a rough time. I need it!
You have such a way about you when you write about your family and friends. Wickedly funny and moving post.
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Dudette, you brought tears to my eyes. My son is but half TXU's age, yet I could see his future in this post. It was beautifully funny. Who cares if it's late? Heck, I didn't do a post this year either. Something about being put on the spot makes me clinch my buttcheeks up and I can't speak. Happy belated birthday to TXU!
I tried to change my name to Julie growing up. *shakes her head* I have no idea why, but I did. My mom still calls me Julie every once in a while. My sister wanted to be Nancy (yeah, Nancy) and so mom still calls her that sometimes, too.
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Normally, I would write "GOOD HELL, YOU MADE ME SPRAY DIET COKE ON MY MONITOR WITH THAT TITLE!"
Sadly, since I am still in Diet Coke absentia, I can only say that about water and it just ISN'T the same.
(The guffawing behind it is still utterly sincere, though!)
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i wanted to change my name to rose in the second grade. had a whole rose-designed R as part of it. sadly, they just thought i was precocious. happy (on time) bday to tmx.
ps. LOOK!
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You write awesome letters, boys are so much fun. Happy Birthday TXU!
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*tear* so very sweet...and hilarious. :)
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Happy birthday TXU and hope you had a lovely birthing day too Mr Lady.
I love it when they talk about their penis. Noah has just started referring to it. I don't know whether to say Awwww or Ack! Is this training for when they are young adults and refer to their penis in the third person or give it some weird name like Mr Shlong?!?!?!
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What a character! ((LOL)) "Can I pee on you?" Very nice TXU!
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fortunately, i wasn't drinking anything when i read this post. my keyboard has been sprayed too many times as it is.
funny funny boy....happy birthday, txu
janet's last blog post..http://fromtheplanetofjanet.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-cannot-believe-what-dork-i-am.html' rel="nofollow">I canNOT believe what a dork I am. Seriously.
Men. They all think their penis is beautiful, don't they? And they all gotta piss on something....
That kid of yours is hilarious. What a fabulous post, made me giggle all kindsa crazy....
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Awesome post!!
Darla's last blog post..http://dmmos.blogspot.com/2008/03/little-charity-goes-long-way.html' rel="nofollow">A Little Charity Goes a Long Way
How do you do it? That post gave me the single best ab workout I've had in months, and then had me teary at the end.
What a great kid. They come from good moms though, don't they? Happy Birthday TXU.
It's so hard to put into words. And yet, you did!Perfect post.
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Ok, now he cracks me up also!!
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That was McAwesome!
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Water all over my monitor because I was all into the sweet moments of tickles and then you throw a penis at me..LOL
Happy Birthday to your little man!
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What an awesome post!! Late or not, that's simply incredible!!
And the penis stuff is HILARIOUS!!!
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Wonderful! He's going to love you for capturing his proudest moments in writing forever!
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How do you do that? How do you make me laugh and cry at the same time? That was beautiful! I'm sure he won't give a crap that it was a smidge late. That was fabulous!
Happy Birthday, kiddo!
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Never has anything so beautiful cracked me up so much. AWESOME.
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Beautiful post! He's going to love it when he's older.
And the best comment imo... the fake mom one LMAO!
Jenty's last blog post..http://jentyrambling.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/random-ramblings/' rel="nofollow">Random ramblings
I think I had a guy try to sell me on the peeing no me thing once. ;) Um, I didn't go for it either.
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um peeing ON me..but I think you got the gist of it..heh.
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Happy belated birthday to him! Mine is coming up in just a few days. Big times I tell you!
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[...] one of her boy’s will dress up as Dr. Frank-N-Furter before the age of 18(and after reading this, I lay two to one odds it’s the middle child), even if none of his friends know what Rocky [...]
Now that is the kind of post that he will be proud of when he's 20 - he'll know his mom was cool!
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What a great letter. I am not sure he will appreciate the fact that you shared his most intimate secrets....but we all got a huge kick out of them! Very sweet.
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OMG - this one had me rollin. Your boy is crackin' me up over here. I can't even remember how I stumbled onto your blog but am totally bookmarkin' ya.
Loooove it!