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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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> ===========================================
>
> 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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