Turning Left

Driving on a 4 lane road I stopped to make a left hand turn, onto another 4 lane road.

Sitting in the right hand lane of a 2 lane left turn my son says...

"Mom, I'm sick."

Frantically I look for something... anything for him to throw up in...

Nothing.

{Oh why, WHY did I clean out the car...}

So, I do what any good mother would do...

Roll down the window and say...

"Don't get it on the inside of the car."

Cuz I'm compassionate like that.

And so as I begin to make that left turn...

With cars surrounding me...

My son tosses his cookies into the wind...

I tried to see the car next to me, but couldn't.

Maybe it's for the best.

I pulled into the Target parking lot and we finished our shopping...

Making sure to park in the back 40 so no one would have to see...

or smell it.

Then I went home and hosed off the car so the little patrol in car line at school wouldn't have to touch it...

And all afternoon I laughed to myself at the cars over to my left...

What must have been going through the minds of those folks...

But then, if you're a parent, you know...

It's just another day on the job...

For a mom.