Funny Mother

See Mother. See Mother laugh. Mother is happy. Mother is happy about Christmas. Mother has many plans. Mother has many plans for Christmas. Mother is organized. Mother smiles all the time. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother smile. Mother is happy. The shopping is all done. See the children watch T.V. Watch children, watch. See the children watch. See the children change their minds. See them ask Santa for different toys. Look. Look. Mother is not smiling. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother sew. Mother will make dresses. Mother will make robes. Mother will make shirts. See Mother put the zipper in wrong. See Mother sews the dress on the wrong side. See Mother cut the shirt too short. See Mother put the material away until January. Look. Look. See Mother take a tranquilizer. Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother buy raisins and nuts. See Mother buy candied pineapple and powdered sugar. See Mother buy flour and dates and pecans and brown sugar and bananas and spice and vanilla. Look. Look. Mother is mixing everything together.

See the children press out cookies. See the flour on their elbows. See the cookies burn. See the cake fall. See the children pull taffy. See Mother pull her hair. See Mother clean the kitchen with the garden hose. Funny, funny, Mother.

See Mother. See Mother wrap presents. See Mother look for the end of the scotch tape roll. See Mother bite her fingernails. See Mother go. See Mother go to the store 12 times in one hour. Go Mother go. See Mother goes faster. Run Mother, run!

See Mother trim the tree. See Mother have a party. See Mother make popcorn. See Mother wash the walls. See Mother scrub the rugs. See Mother tear up the organization chart. See Mother forget the gift for Uncle Harold. See Mother get the hives! Go Mother go! See the far-away look in Mother's eyes. Mother has become disorganized. Mother has become disoriented. Funny, funny Mother.

It is finally Christmas morning. See the happy family. See Father smile. Father is happy. Smile Father smile! Father loves the fruit-cake. Father loves the Christmas pudding. Father loves his new neckties. Look. Look. See the happy children. See the children's toys. Santa was very good to the children. The children will remember this Christmas.

See Mother. Mother is slumped in a chair. Mother is crying uncontrollably. Mother does not look well. Mother has ugly dark circles under her blood shot eyes. Everyone helps Mother to bed. Mother sleeps quietly under heavy sedation. See Mother smile. Funny, funny Mother.