In the opening chapter of Allison Pearson's quite funny bestselling 2002 novel, "I Don't Know How She Does It," working mom protagonist Kate Reddy, in the wee hours of the morning, desperately tries to make a store-bought pie look home-made for the next day's bake sale at her daughter's school. God forbid the other moms might suspect she didn't bake them herself. That's a special kind of crazy.
In Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman's uncannily accurate daily comic "Baby Blues," in which they chronicle the lives of often exhausted, ever harried, yet wholly committed-to-parenthood parents-of-three, Wanda and Darryl MacPherson, Wanda is a full-time, stay-at-home mom, yet just as desperate as Kate Reddy. In the strip that ran 7/20/2010, Wanda tells Darryl she needs 48 cupcakes for a bake sale today that her son has just told her about. When Darryl suggests she could just buy them for the store, Wanda is outraged at the idea. Sure, she could buy them at the store, she tells Darryl, "If I wanted to FAIL AS A MOTHER." Once again, there's that special kind of crazy.
Last night, I was a poster mom for that special kind of crazy.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Moms: A Special Kind Of Crazy
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