Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Been Caught Stealin': Today's Mama, Wagon Avenger

Truth:  There's still a bit of a Massachusetts girl that lives inside me that isn't afraid to tell it like it is.
Truth:  There's not much I won't do for my girls, especially if someone makes them cry.
Here's the Facebook status to prove it:
Wow. I pull my kids in the wagon to the movies, two girls steal it while we're watching the movie. I walk the streets of this tiny town, find them in our wagon, chase them down, snap a photo and get it back.  Don't mess with this mama!

I wrote the entire heroically hilarious story in my Today's Mama column.

Wagon Avenger 
Why?  Mama, why?  But it’s older than me and we’ve had it for so long!  Why?In the damp grey cold of an early Sunday evening, hours before the year’s first full moon shone through thick, grey-flannel clouds, we walked to the movies...  
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7 comments:

Kim said...

That was a GREAT story! I loved it. I'm proud of you and hope I would do the same in that situation. You were like a super hero to your girls! I'll bet they saw a cape flapping in the wind in their little imaginations.

Elissa said...

J! a whole new meaning to SUPER MOM!!! make yourself a cape :-)

Emily said...

You rock my socks!!

ashley said...

Have to agree with the cape comments! Go mumma;) xx

Kelly said...

this is a tale of awesomeness! So pleased I clicked through to read this…you made my day

Erica Fehrman said...

You are one bad-A mom! Good on you for fighting for your kids and what’s right.

MJ said...

You, my friend, are my hero!!!! And a good mama! I hope those girls have nightmares about you the rest of their lives, and think twice before doing anything like that again!!
xo