And she might be lurking around…
Isn’t she lovely? Everybody else’s mother. Why can’t you be just like her?
Here’s a poem (below) to help you in the identification process.
{Preface: When our daughter was going through her teen years, I vowed and declared I’d write a book about everybody else’s mother. It seemed this mythical paragon of virtue could do no wrong, certainly in the eyes of teenagers.
This mother was the best. She allowed her children to take days off school, she’d write fabricated sicknesses about their absence, allow them to wear inappropriate clothes, watch X-rated movies, and have as many ear and nose piercings as they saw fit.
Well, I never did write that book, so I offer instead, a poem, for all those hapless mothers who are still swimming through the murky waters of the teen canal.
It’s not all bad! All things shall pass…I promise!}
Everybody Else’s Mother
There’s a place in our world
Sort of secret, you know.
A place where a special mum lives,
Or seems so!
There she quietly lives.
She’s known only by some.
She’s calm and so wise,
And she never is glum.
No she never is glum.
Her smile lights up the sky.
She’s cool and serene
And she rarely would sigh.
This mum is unique
For she’s eager to please
Each one of her children!
She finds it a breeze.
Rules in her house?
Get real! There is none.
Rules are not needed
When kids have such fun!
So if they’re not tired,
They can stay up and view,
An A-rated movie,
Or maybe a few!
And while they are watching
She’ll serve them great food
The junk she has bought them.
It really tastes good!
And if in the morning
Their bellies all ache,
A day’s rest from school
Is all it should take.
Oh the things they can do
’Cause the weather is hot,
They can pop down the beach
And get cool in a jot.
Oh they could, and they can,
And they should for a lark,
Have even more fun
At the latest skate park.
Where they’ll learn many tricks,
Many tricks at a glance,
Of balance and steering
And finding their stance.
Or a kick flip…which
Is so easy they say!
Jump off, flip, jump on,
It just makes their day.
This mum thinks that skate parks
Are really so cool
And far, far, far better
Than going to school.
But don’t be alarmed
If your children should meet,
This outstanding parent
Down Way Better Street.
For a while she may influence
How they might dress,
And if they should clean up,
After making a mess.
Or if it is cool to wear
Rings on their nose,
Cool side-ripped jeans
Or whatever they chose.
She will soon disappear
You must think and must know.
In the lives of your children
She surely will go.
And as she disappears
As surely she might
Your kids you thought ‘lost’
Will be back in your sight.
