My sister sent me this link this morning with the note, “This video made me think of you.”
So of course I watched it right away.
And as I watched it, my stream-of-consciousness went something like this.
“Um. Ok. But I quit smoking when I became a mom. . . Does my sister really see me as that old and run down? I mean, I get that this is funny and I can see why it would remind her of me, but, it kinda stings a little. She could have maybe just thought of me and not told me about it.”
See, my sister is 8 years younger than me. Her first baby just celebrated his first birthday and she’s still one of those perky young moms. She doesn’t mean to, but she makes me feel really old.
Then the “yoga mom” appeared on the screen. “Oh good grief,” I thought, “surely she doesn’t mean this woman reminds her of me.”
So my sis and I had the following text exchange:
“I honestly have no idea which mom in that made you think of me. Lol. I’m not sure I want to know!”
“The yoga mom, duh 😉 lol”
“Well I’m flattered, but I’m really more the poo truck mom. ;)”
But before I texted my sister, I forwarded her text to my best friend. Who took an unforgivably long time to respond. When she did, we had this exchange:
“Lol!!! Which one are you??”
“Apparently I’m “the yoga mom, duh.”
“Oh!!! Of course. You and your yoga ways.”
Because see, my best friend, who has never made the mistake of putting me on a pedestal, knows that while I may have moments where I look something like the yoga mom, I’m really more the poo truck mom.
So my little lesson for the day. Deep and profound so get ready for it. Even if you feel like the poo truck mom, there’s probably somebody out there who thinks you’re the yoga mom. And that yoga mom? She feels like the poo truck mom a great deal of the time.
