Saturday Mom Duty

You may recall that last summer, Melissa stopped by with Joey and they had gone to Darien Lake, bestowing their winnings on my kids. This dragon is basically Adam's pillow. He first ripped last summer and Adam freaked out when he went to nap, crying as I sewed him together hastily. Since then, he's been falling a part at the seams, and I kept meaning to put him back together. On Saturday morning, Adam waited until I got in to get him out of bed and he was very serious.

"Mommy, broke-y. Dragon broke. Please." I knew the please meant he wanted me, Mom, to fix him. He took this very seriously. I am ashamed to admit that he had holes on every seam and now his arm was completely severed. I worked on this dragon best I could through out the day. There were more holes than I realized. By nap time, I had all but one hole fixed. Adam spread his (I mean her, as she is "mom" to the little stuffed frog Melissa gave Abbey that he stole and declared was her baby) and made her fly and then gave her a big hug. This is the true calling of Mommy-hood. I mean, his toy was broken and he turned to his Mom to make it right. Many times in his life, I can't or won't be able to. But this time, I could. And I think the more I stitched, the better I got. No, I'm not Martha Stewart or Donna Reed....but I'm Mommy :)