Isn’t that sweet? These helpful Boy Scouts are standing by, ready to help women in need of assistance with their breast exams.
Actually, although this is a satirical skit from The Onion, this is pretty much exactly how I remember the Boy Scouts of my acquaintance from back when I was in Girl Guides!
12-Year-Old Boy Scouts Volunteer To Give Women Breast Exams
Stolen from CelebrityCosmeticSurgery
As a young girl in the seventies, I rapidly devoured the entire Nancy Drew series with gusto. I loved that Nancy had such freedom to tool around town in her little convertible, and was jealous that her dad never seemed to make her report her every move like my parents did.
However, I always wished that she and Ned would just get it on or something, already. Even to my young mind, they were a bit overly chaste. And this coming from a Catholic schoolgirl. Or maybe that explains it.
Anyhoo, you can relive the past with these uber fantastic Nancy Drew notecards from Fred Flare, which feature some of the iconic book covers. And they’re only fifteen bucks!
“After Children” of course!
I promised I would give you a bookend to last week’s post, and if I’m anything, I’m a woman of my word. And I’ll be honest with you, there are way more than ten things for this list, I actually had a hard time whittling it down.
1. Watching them sleep. I’ve been doing it since he was a baby, and I don’t think it will ever get old.
2. The hugs and kisses. Oy, the hugs and the kisses! Granted, I may be in for a bit of a dry spell in a few years when it is just not cool to hug your mom, but you never know. Besides, it will just be a phase.
3. Taking pride in their accomplishments. Never mind that none of them are really a direct reflection upon me, I can’t but help wonder at how wonderful my son is.
4. Seeing him at play. Watching as he manages to navigate his way through the world, sorting things through by himself and with friends.
5. Having that extra viewpoint in my life. There is something so very special about each child and the different perspective they bring. Whether it be an observation about the teacher or about my own behavior, there’s always a new revelation. Kids do indeed say the darndest things!
6. Teaching. Teaching him everything I know about everything. And Googling it if I don’t.
7. Doing things together as a family. Just hanging out or going on a vacation, it’s all good.
8. The hope and promise that you can’t help but see in your child.
9. The fights. Believe it or not, I often have a hard time not giggling when my son is arguing with me. He is just so cute and he tries to be so logical, it’s sort of adorable. Don’t quote me on this when he’s 14, though.
10. Seeing him become his own person. Because that’s what parenting is all about, isn’t it?
Your turn!