My Mother's Day present

Just to prove I'm a bigger softie than Viv...

I got the standard uglier-than-fuck homemade butterfly pin from my wonderful son at the Mother's Day event at his school on Friday. Wonderful. My son didn't even really remember making it. (shrug) Whatever.

But Sunday rolled around, and despite my hosting a Mother's Day potluck in the afternoon for my SMC friends, I decided to go to church that morning. I decided that one thing I really enjoy is singing in church, so I got myself and my son ready and to the church barely in time for rehearsal. Only there was no one there except one of the male couples from our church, who were just early. One is in the choir, and I said, "Oh, so we're not singing today, huh?" and he said that there was some kind of children's choir that day. I vaguely remembered something about that having been mentioned.

So, for my Mother's Day present, I got to see my lovely son standing in the front of church with the other Sunday School kids, and not only that, but singing his little heart out to "Do Lord." Even doing the hand gestures sometimes (hand to brow, "Look away beyond the blue!"). I honestly beamed. I was grinning so hard, it's a wonder my head didn't split in two. Half of it was that weepy, "Oh my God, this is so wonderful, I'm so touched" feeling, and the other half was "DAMN it he makes me laugh, he's so freakin' funny." I think he sang the whole song with his hands perched on his hips. I'm still laughing.

Best freakin' Mother's Day present I could have asked for. (but I'm still holding out for a relaxing breakfast at a nice restaurant. someday.)

Look away beyond the bluuuuueeeeee...