There must be somethin’ there
This morning after I had espresso I knew I could conquer the world. Well, not really the whole world, but at least my little zoo family here at home. The house was still quiet as all the little birds were still sleeping. I bid my husband farewell for the moment, and headed upstairs to have the time of my life wake up the kids.
Me: “Kids! Wake up everyone! Guess what? We’re going to mass!”
Kids: “ZzZzZz…Snore, snore, SNORE!”
Me again: “You know – Church! Hey everyone! We get to wake up early and take an early morning stroll!”
Kids: “(sleepy moaning sounds… fading to downright, unmistakeable snoring)”
Me (chanting, playfully): “Hut, 2, 3, 4! Up, 2, 3, 4! You’ll never get rich, diggin’ a ditch – You’re in the army now!” (*Loud clapping thunders from my hands* )
Kid #1:”What’s that? 4th of July Fireworks, again!?”
Kid #2: “Good morning, Mommy!”
Me: “Awh…You’re my fav. Now hurry up, go downstairs and get ready to go out.”
Kids #3 & 4 follow…
Choas ensues as everyone waits until the last minute tries to cram into the bathroom to use it before leaving and takes turns shoving each other out of their way using teamwork to get a drink from the kitchen.
Final kid, still in bed with eyes closed: “What’s going on? It’s too early. Why can’t we go later?” (Whine… Whine… Whine!)
Finally everyone is assembled by the front door (in birth order), ready to proceed to go to mass, while I’m in the other room explaining to the same kid who’s been rubbing their eyes for the past 60,000 seconds why I’m taking everyone to mass this morning. As I give a one word answer, I’m interrupted by my two year-old who says,
“Maaaaaa-mmmm-eeeeeeeee, I p-oped! I need a diaper change!”
And suddenly, instead of the long, drawn-out stupid reflection I was going to give, I simply say,
“If we’re going to go through all this, and still want to go, (actually, really long to go), then there must be something there.”
Yes, there is truly something there.
