MY NUMBER 2 SON

WHEN MY NO.2 SON WAS ABOUT 9 YRS OLD, OUR FAMILY WAS TRYING NEW WAYS TO MAKE OUR FAMILY MORE  HARMONIOUS SO WE HAD CHARTS AND A PLAN  FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND A  CHORE LIST AND WHEN A CHILD COMPLETED HIS DAILY CHORE HE GOT A STAR AND EACH STAR WAS WORTH 10 CENTS.

 THIS WAS OF COURSE IN ABOUT 1967-70  WHEN THE  DIME ACTUALLY BOUGHT SOMETHING.  AT THE END OF THE WEEK WE WOULD TAKE THE LIL TOTS TO A SHOPPING MALL WHERE THEY COULD BUY STUFF WITH THEIR MONIES.

USUALLY THE KIDS HAD ABOUT $2.00 AT THE END OF THE WEEK  AND A FAIR TOY COULD BE HAD FOR  THIS AMOUNT.

SO ONE TIME I REMEMBER    NO. 2 SON      HAD HIS LIL MONEY IN HAND AND DAD PICKED UP THIS ITEM ( WHICH I CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BUT IT DID HAVE GLITTER AND  GLEAM IS ALL I KNOW )AND   ASKED OUR SON "DO YOU WANT THIS?" SON SAID ALL EXCITED "YES !!! YESS!!! WHAT IS IT?"  WE DIDN'T"T KNOW BUT HE WAS SO AGLOW WITH THE THOUGHT OF SPENDING HIS MONEY HE DIDN'T MUCH CARE AT THIS POINT.

SUCH WAS LIFE AT THE  FAMILY HOUSE IN THOSE DAYS OF  INNOCENCE.

AND I REMEMBER ONCE WHILE DRIVING ALONG IN THE CAR ON A TRIP MY DAUGHTER ASKED HER DAD " DAD IF I KEEP TALKING , WILL I RUN OUT OF WORDS"? 

AAAH THE SWEETNESS OF CHILD HOOD.

LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY, MY HUBBY DECIDED I HAD TO HELP WITH VACUUMING THE LIVING ROOM CUZ OUR KIDS WERE COMING TO VISIT. HE WAS VERY INSISTENT I HAD TO CLEAR THE FLOOR FOR THE VACUUM I STARTED TO TIP THE CHAIRS OVER SO WE COULD VACUUM UNDER THEM HE DECIDED AT THAT POINT TO HELP ME AND PULLED THE CHAIR I WAS PUSHING FORWARD  AND LET IT GO ONLY TO KNOCK ME OVER I HIT THE  ISLAND  ROCK TOP WITH MY HEAD MY HIP WITH 2 STOOLS ON THE  SIDE AND MY LEG AND KNEE WERE CRUNCHED UP. I WAS IN REALLY BAD PAIN.

WELL I'M NOT HELPING HIM ANYMORE HE IS A HAZARD .

FOR SOME REASON ANYTIME I GET NEAR HIM I SEEM TO GET HURT.  I THINK I NEED A NEW HUSBAND OR NONE AT ALL.