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One night, while going through the library, the title of a book caught my attention. “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day.”
The first thought that came to mind was about friend, and former blogger, Julie. I’ve known Julie for about four years now, and what would like crazy to most people is an ordinary day for Julie. Her issues with LuLu are just plain out there. I admire her as a mom and as a person. I’ve spent time with LuLu and I know how tiring parenting her can be. Most of us don’t deal with the same type of “crazy” that Julie does, but our lives probably look pretty crazy to most of the people on the outside. Tonight I was having coffee with our outgoing interim pastor and a few friends. I was talking about the revolving door of respite kids this summer, and while all these people know me quite well, they still view my life as crazy. To me, it’s just another day.
All of this thought process got me to thinking, there must be other unusual book titles that describe our lives, so here are some of the ones I found.
“There’s a (Slight) Chance I May Be Going To Hell” – In some cases the more accurate title may be I May Be Going THROUGH Hell, but this one seemed fairly accurate.
“Forced to Be Family: A Guide for Living with Sinister Sisters, Drama Mamas, and Infuriating In-Laws” – Oh boy, don’t get me started. I know many of us deal with families that don’t get what we go through with our kids and end up being the sinister sister and drama mamas. I’ve had more than my share. This title could also apply to dealing with some birth families of our kids. I know Sammy’s birth mom stirs up more than her share of drama with Sammy’s older brother. We have to deal with these issues, no matter what.
“Living with Crazy Buttocks” – This one just made me laugh. This could be a book for the parents that live with the kids that leave feces as special “gifts” for their parents to find.
“How to Abandon Ship” – For the days when you just want to run and ride, or deny that any children with you in any type of public setting might belong to you in any way, shape or form.
“I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes” – A book for the parents of food hoarders. I know I’ve found some interesting thing in Sammy’s bed. Never buttermilk pancakes, but I bet there’s a parent out there somewhere who has.
“The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook” – The real book doesn’t even come close to covering the things that we deal with in our daily lives, things like escaping from quicksand, wrestling and alligator, and landing a plane. HUH? We really need a handbook for this? In my ideal world the handbook I’m reading would be how to deal with the fifth call from school this week, or how to handle court hearings for termination of parental rights, or even visiting your child in jail. Those are REAL worst case scenario things that we might face.
When you parent the kids we parent, everything takes on a new meaning. Even innocent book titles.
