Blog-TOWER OF BABELMothers Day
I pondered Mothers Day. I found a full geared up pocket book - travel bag filled with all things from my single non-encumbered life prior to marriage and my son. Things change, it was a blast from the past and did put a smile on my face. Here were the contents minus that 50 dollar bill I lost in 1995.
5 types of lip gloss flavors
Tickets stubs to an Aerosmith concert
Blue nail polish
My paper Filofax
Cigarettes in a gold 1950s compact holder
Binaca
Opium perfume (ugh)
Mens phone numbers
Cassette of some awful rock band- unnamed
Clippings from classifieds of bar jobs and vintage jewelry
Photo of me and a friend at toads place- a bar of no return
Vivarin
Vitamin C energy tabs with some weird chinese herbs to keep you awake.
1 wedding invite from 1995
Good and Plenty - 4 loose one all pink
Aerobics class schedule- with head band
Ticket stub to NYC sat 1145 p.m.. late train
"Redheaded Stepchild" antiques store business cards - me being to owner
Old trip sheets
Sea glass
Birth control pills
Tanning spray
Vegetarian times magazine
Casmo
Pager and charger
Pair of size 27 - 32 jeans
Phone numbers of old flight departments.
Now in my bag I have
Food coupons
Bacitracin
Advil
Band-Aids with skate boards on them
Comb for ben hairbrush for me
Concealer,- pinkish lipstick
Library card
GameStop receipts
Tube sock coupon
Walmart receipts
DEET (bug spray - I never went outside prior to ben)
Sunblock 50
2 Books- one spiritual, one funny
Beach pebbles
Poop bag for dog
Cat food coupons
To do list
School calendar
Dental floss, tooth paste and brush
Hair gel for Ben
Yoga schedule
Red bull
Unscented hand cream
Tweezers
Vogue
Magazines
Shape magazine
Touch up hair color
Cell phone
Pair of 30- 34 jeans
Spanx
more Spanx
Book of hormones
When did I get so dependable? Where did the time go? Do I still have an adult fun factor? Will I ever get that the joie de vivre back? Who put all those things in my travel bags?
Motherhood changes a person. It take you out of yourself and puts finally - the spotlight on someone else whom you take a bullet for, without question. I was getting bored with being in my one spotlight. It was time to surrender. If I did not have Ben, there would have been no mothers day. I would not have this beautiful locket and the hand made card with the watercolor flowers and toaster waffles with weak coffee and tang.