I am thinking of a wish.
This Sunday is Mother’s day, and as a mother, I am supposed to have a wish. Or maybe a demand.
Like the knights who say “Ni!” from Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie, I could demand a shrubbery. And it totally fits for me to add, “but not too expensive.”
Now that I think of it, I can do better than the knights of Ni! As the matriarch of my little family I have done the work to be granted this wish. I am reminded of The Fault in Our Stars, the John Green novel with a pair of cancer teenagers who fall in love. The cancer is horrible luck, but these kids are aware that it comes with a good choice: how will they use their Make-a-wish foundation wish.
What should I do with my with? The knights if Ni! Were thinking of themselves. Maybe I should uplevel my wish strategically. I could use this chance to turn the gift back onto the giver.
Should I ask my husband to go on a hike with me? I’d like him to do more exercise activities. We would all enjoy nature and it could remind him how much he loves it.
Or what if I chose to make our whole environment better. I could ask everyone to wash the windows and do yard work to make our house beautiful. Maybe the Knights of Ni! had a point about the shrubbery.
I’m balancing the possibilities for the pros and cons. As I think about the day, an important part of the decision comes to me.I am the mother or my family, but I still have to spend part of that day on the other mothers in the chain.
I have to share mother’s Day with the mothers that came before and are still with us. The Mother’s Make-a-Wish day is a pie that we have to slice up. I am not going to be greedy and demand the whole pie.
I think I do want to do some work around the house and go hiking with my husband, but I think I’ll have to plan that to be later.