Pumpkin Peanut Butter Sandwich

Noah doesn't eat his lunch. Ever. Each morning he carries off his lunch sack to school. Each day it comes home exactly the same. He takes it on a little journey,  before it gets thrown away. Awww. how nice.
I've tried to figure it out, questioning and threatening....it always ends in snot and tears.
EPIPHANY. My dear friend points out....maybe he doesn't LIKE his sandwhich cut like a cute little pumpkin. When your a boy, and 6, this can set you up for ridicule on the playground. GASP. But it's sooooo cute?!
I ask him in my best Mommy voice, "Does it embarrass you to have your sandwich shaped like a pumpkin"?  He takes in a long deep breath, "It's ruining my LIFE".  Big giant exhale....sad little face....
Well. There ya go. I've ruined his 6 year old little life with a pumpkin shaped,  peanut butter sandwich. There's another quarter in the therapy bucket.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Jenn,

As someone who loves the English Language and enjoys reading immensely - I am blown away by this blog... You are GOOD. I mean REALLY, REALLY good.

Have you considered writing a book?

There is an honesty in how you relay these stories of everyday life.

I have not read a lot of them yet - but it only takes a couple of these to know that you have SOMETHING going on here. They are crisp, like Hemingways' sentence structure, amusing, always bring a smile as one relates, recalling their own similar experience.

Taking the perspective of the bug for instance...

Truly, these are VERY good short stories. It is fantastic that you are taking the time to write these impressions you have.

I'm thinking you have the makings of a great book about being a modern American Mother.

PUBLISH!!!! Get an agent! Go on Oprah.....

WOW!

--Dave Karleskint
Jenn said…
Dave...Your kudos are appreciated!! I do LOVE to write. I'm a word nerd to the core. This is my happy place....;-)

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