Ah, the joys of parenthood! We all know the drill: our child suddenly remembers, at a most inconvenient hour, that they need a crucial item for school the very next day. Cue the sighs and the scramble to the nearest store, all while wearing our pajamas, grumbling under our breath about how we got here in the first place.
Writer Lisa Thompson perfectly encapsulated this universal experience after her daughter urgently requested poster board for a project due the next morning. She shared her hilarious recounting of the evening on her social media, and it’s a moment many parents can relate to.
“PARENTING IN A NUTSHELL,” she begins. “Mom, I need poster board! What? I need poster board! For tomorrow! But it’s 9 PM! When were you planning to tell me?!”
I can totally empathize. Just two days after my son started middle school, he panicked about his missing math folder—the very one we’d bought only a week earlier. He insisted he had never taken it out of his locker, yet somehow it vanished. This bright red folder, marked “MATH” boldly in permanent marker, seemed to have a mind of its own.
Thompson goes on to describe the frantic search for the elusive poster board, which led her to two different stores. “I go to CVS. No white poster board,” she writes. “So off to the second store. Finally buy the white poster board. Here it is!”
And just like that, her daughter showered her with affection for finding the One Important Thing. They went to bed, and the next morning, Thompson, like every dedicated mom, kept reminding her daughter about the poster board because that’s our lives now—cooking meals nobody eats and ensuring our kids remember their school supplies.
“Don’t forget your white poster board! Roll it up with this rubber band. Be careful with it,” she emphasizes. With the precious item in hand, her daughter heads out to the bus stop. Thompson feels triumphant, thinking, “Crisis averted! I’m winning at this mom thing!”
But then, on her leisurely walk, she turns the corner and spots it—the forgotten poster board just sitting on the sidewalk, abandoned. “The bus came. Kids are gone. Everyone’s gone. Except for her POSTER BOARD!” she laughs.
When I asked Thompson about it later, she recalled how she just stood there, dumbfounded for a moment before bursting into laughter. What else could she do?
Solidarity among moms is real.
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In conclusion, parenting can be a wild ride, filled with unexpected twists and turns—like that forgotten poster board that becomes a symbol of our daily challenges.