Chapped Lips

MountainWings       A MountainWings Moment
#7131          Wings Over The
Mountains of
Life
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Why My Lips
Stayed Chapped On Mother's
Day
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So, we had this great
cat named Jack and the kids would carry
him around and nothing ever bothered
him.  He used to hang out
and nap all day long on this mat in our
bathroom.

Well we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were
4
years old, 3 years old and 1 year old.  The middle one is Eli.
Eli
really loves chapstick.  LOVES it.  He kept asking to use my
chapstick and
then losing it.  So finally one day I showed him
where in the bathroom I keep
my chapstick and how he could use
it whenever he wanted to but he needed to
put it right back in
the drawer when he was done.

Last year on
Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush
around and try to get ready for
Church with everyone crying and
carrying on.  My two boys are fighting over
the toy in the
cereal box.  I am trying to nurse my little one at the same
time
I am putting on my make-up.  Everything is a mess and everyone
has
long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and
the amazing job
that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in
the car and
I am looking for Eli.  I have searched everywhere and I
finally
round the corner to go into the bathroom.  And there was
Eli.

He was applying my chapstick very carefully to Jack's...
rear
end. Eli looked right into my eyes and said "chapped."

Now if you have a
cat, you know that he is right--their little
butts do look pretty chapped. 
And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to
mind.

And the only question to
really ask at that point was whether it
was the 1st time Eli had done that to
the cat's behind or the
hundredth.

And THAT is my favorite Mother's
Day moment ever because it
reminds us that no matter how hard we try to
civilize these
glorious little creatures, there will always be that day
when
you realize they've been using your chapstick on the cat's
butt.



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