Folded in haphazard half, was my Mother's Day card from my youngest.
It was printed with pink marker on pink paper, which made the letters look kinda of orange-ish, pale -- but I could still make it out when I stood next to the brightness of the kitchen window to read it.
An acrostic poem, and an ambitious one, too. Not just made up of first letters of my name spelling out only one word vertically. This boy had written me a deluxe model acrostic -- he had penned in a complete sentence for the first letters of my name, which he thinks is MOTHER.
It was a wonderful read, and I had tears from the laughter. He, of course, didn't understand what was so funny, and when I couldn't stop laughing he explained, "What? You know cards are hard for me and it feels funny to not tell the truth."
I'd photocopy it but against the pink paper and pink marker, it looks like a dark blob. Letter for sentence, I've copied it here.
Happy Mother's Day
Many sided sides to her.
Other things I can say about her.
There is a lot of stuff that I like about her but people say is weird.
Hours and hours of fun we have doing her favorite thing of nothing.
Everything she says with the faces that go with it.
Realistic, she tells me exactly what she thinks.
I love you mom.
* * *
*Pretty sure this is a love note, don't you think?
xo (hope you all had a wonderful mother's day)
** BONUS day for me today: besides this wonderful note from my boy, I'm also being featured on mamapedia! Voices! with a post on parenting and teens, "What Happened to the Meat?" THANK YOU mamapedia! Stop over and check them out, you'll find great community voices as well as online resources for all sorts of sharing info. and parenting's nuggets of wisdom.
I guarantee you'll still love it thirty years from now, too!
ReplyDeleteI know... xo
DeleteFull of love and humor, just like you.
ReplyDeleteSweetest card ever.
Awesome! I think maybe he inherited the "R - Realistic - tells me exactly what she thinks" from you. This is perhaps the most authentic Mother's Day card ever.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely a love note. No other man will ever know you better, not even your husband. I wonder if that's a bad thing. DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS HE CAN SAY ABOUT YOU (and he chose not to!)
ReplyDeletexo
DeleteLove it! Here's mine from the little one:
ReplyDeleteMine is fun
On with loveing [sic]
Tickles me with glee
Has a fun time with me
Elaphants [sic] with me (whaa?)
Running with me
Teach me Elaphanting... Sounds like something I can do. xo
DeleteTHAT is an awesome Mother's Day card!
ReplyDeleteSO hilarious. Please tell me you framed it, or at least stuck it on the fridge?
ReplyDeleteIt's in my top left dresser drawer, with all my love letters. xo
DeleteThe "H" is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteOh, Suzy, you'd love him.
DeleteAbsolutely lovely. I also spend a lot of time doing nothing, I sure hope my kids appreciate it as much!
ReplyDeleteDoing nothing??? We'd get along great, Marta.
DeleteOMG, this is awesome. I think "H" is my favorite :)
ReplyDeleteXOXO
You are so awesome, Charlotte. Thank you. I wish you could spend time with him. He's like a puppy. xo
DeleteI sure get the humor. It's a terrific tribute from a kid that gets you. What a great feeling!
ReplyDeleteOh, t hank you, DG: I still can't get over that YOU'RE BACK!!!! xo
Delete"Favorite thing of nothing"--love!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a love note.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine how he learned to look at the world that way...
Sweet and ingenious - he's inherited your verbal gift, Alexandra :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed a love note - the best sort because it is true to you.
ReplyDeleteThis "Hours and hours of fun we have doing her favorite thing of nothing." was my favorite line and this was the next favorite. "Realistic, she tells me exactly what she thinks." Because I am both of those. Love, love this. I think that might be the best kind of card to get!
ReplyDeleteI was just catching up on your posts...you're so good about writing regularly and I am absolutely terrible. I let it go for weeks. How do you come up with all of that wonderful writing? You're so talented and inspirational, Alexandra. Love, love you.