Showing posts with label If only we were normal.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label If only we were normal.... Show all posts

Sunday, October 14, 2007

If only we were normal...this is how youmight see us...smiling, arms around each other, happy as can be to get our picture taken. You'd never know that we argue and raise our voices and don't work together. You wouldn't ever know that the other day one son pushed another off a chair, or that one always makes sure to "notify" the parents of all wrong-doing by others in the household, or that one has hormonal moodswings that allow vast variations in behavior from one moment to the next, and perhaps even one who takes a gameboy to bed at night. No, you'd not know those things. We would appear as the American Dream family. Yes, the one who floats happily into church five minutes early, and always knows where every pair of shoes is. We'd appear to be the family that always has every food group represented in our lunch boxes, the family who happily assists in the household tasks, who joyfully sings together as we ride in the car...Primary songs, in fact. Yes, if only...