Friday, February 22, 2008

Do mothers need Workmen's Comp?♦

We mothers have the hardest job of all... We work literally 24/7. Even when we have a babysitter, especially nursing moms, we still don't stop being mothers. We are on-call all hours. Our job varies from entertainer (which includes actor, singer, dancer, artist, musician, and regular playmate), to doctor, to chef, to taxi driver, to disciplinarian, to maid, and finally, police woman. I'd love to see some compensation for getting hurt being a mom. Like this morning...I put some Pop-Tarts in the toaster and started cleaning up (yet again) Jayden's toys in the living room. Aside from stepping on various little pieces, every thing was fine...that is, until I heard the Tarts pop up. I know this sounds silly, but I was excited. It has been a LONG time since I've had a Pop-Tart....they are a delicacy here. So, I turned at started to kind of run to the toaster when I tripped over Karah's bouncy chair, and ended up breaking my toe. As I was curled up in a ball trying to keep certain words from escaping my mouth, Jayden, from his high chair, called out, "You ok, Mommy? Owie? You have a owie? I sorry owie. I sorry. I kiss it?" I know that it isn't monetary compensation, or even a nanny for a few days, but his concern and willingness to do what he could to take away my owie was compensation enough for me....

2 comments:

*kt* said...

GIRL! I'm so sorry! That isn't even a fun story to tell of how you broke your toe! ;)

Kari said...

Poor baby. Broken toe. No swearing. And you probably didn't even get to enjoy your poptart. And isn't it just like a man (even a little man like Jay) to think he has to fix things?????