MONSTER TRUCK MAMA!
For the most part, my husband and kids treat me like a queen on
Mother's Day. Last year, though, I was beginning to wonder if they had
totally forgotten the day because all I was hearing about was that they
had tickets to go to some big monster truck rally coming to town on
"my" day! I kept trying to subtly remind them that there was a big day
involved and all I got was, "Yeah! Wow! This is going to be so
cool!" So, finally, I decided that if I couldn't sway them in my
direction I'd just have to join them at the rally and consider it a
treat of a different sort!
Quite honestly I had a terrific time
at that truck rally. The roaring trucks doing unimaginable tricks, the
speedsters who blew past us in a plume of smoke and flames . . . all of
it was pretty exciting. I was getting into it so much that when my
husband asked us if we'd like to go behind the grandstand and look at
some of the trucks parked out there, I was the one saying "Yeah!
Cool! Let's check these things out up close!" He just grinned and
shook his head at me.
The kids and I held each other's hands and
trailed David out to the area where the trucks were parked, oohing and
aahing at the size of those things. We stopped at a big purple truck
that had tires as big as my whole car. I was fascinated with its sheer
size, and when David asked me if I'd like to get inside it, my answer
was an unhesitating "Yes!". He asked the owner if that would be okay,
and between him and David they hoisted me up until I was sitting on top
of the world surveying my kingdom from a monster truck.
I put
my hands on the wheel, not quite doing a "vroom, vroom", but close. I
felt like a kid playing grown up and I decided at that moment that this
really was a terrific Mother's Day.
I looked down at the dash
to see what kind of gizmos would be included in such a truck and saw
that an envelope was blocking my view. And the envelope had my name on
it. I looked down at David & the kids to see them watching me
avidly with huge grins on their faces. I picked up the envelope to
find a small jewelry box sitting behind it but prolonged the moment by
politely reading the very beautiful, loving card first. Then I picked
up the pretty little box and removed the shimmering ribbons and gold
paper. Inside was a pair of blue topaz earrings which I immediately
put on and surveyed in the monster truck's rear view mirror to admire
my family's good taste.
Climbing down to thank David and the
kids, I realized that this truly had been a wonderful Mother's Day with
my family and I wouldn't have traded it for my "normal" Mother's Day
for anything!
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