I Ruin My Son's Life

I Ruined My Son’s Life!

It’s six forty-five and the alarm went off. It’s winter and it’s cold and even harder to rouse myself from my own blanket much less to awaken my son. I knew I had a battle waiting for me.
I went to his room and tried gently to rouse him, he just turned on his side, said something unintelligible and kept on sleeping. Tried again and again and finally physically pulled him up and told him gently and sweetly to go to the bathroom and start getting ready for school. He ignored me and went straight back to bed!!! OMG!! No he didn’t!!! I’m now incensed because I did send him to bed several times last night to which he kept telling me, “I’m not tired”, and to which I shot back, “who asked you?” “Your little body is not meant to stay up for thirteen to fifteen hours, you need to rest and restore your little behind!” Like a parrot,” but I’m not tired”. Now he’s so tired he can’t get up. I enlisted the help of my husband to wake him up, while I went to prepare his ‘highness’ breakfast. Don’t know what my husband said to him, or promised him, but he got up. I’m now the bad guy as you’ll see, dear readers.

He came into the living room, facing me, his body rigid with anger; hands hung stiffly at his sides and the face, (you know the saying, “only a face a mother…”) and glared at me, and said in an even controlled voice, dripping with anger,” why are you trying to ruin my life!!”
Take note, I wasn’t trying to ruin his morning or even his whole day (as my friend Jen,pointed out to me) I was trying to ruin his whole, little seven year old life!! “Kids, gotta love them or ….” You be creative and fill in the blanks okay.

After his ‘highness’ gave me his speech, he turned and walked out, went to the bathroom and began to do what I had asked him before, like nothing happened. I’m standing there with my mouth open like I’m stupid, can’t believe I was just told off in that manner at 7:15 in the morning by an obnoxious seven year old!!! I finally recovered and said to him,”well, if you had gone to bed like I had asked several times; I wouldn’t be trying to ruin your life!” Honestly, I felt a little deflated and felt he got the upper hand in this, but I will have lots more opportunities, I’m sure, to correct that.

He gave me a kiss and a hug before he went to wait for his bus, so I’m guessing the human part of him has emerged again. “Thank God!”………Later

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