Stay-free ultra-thin, regular with wings!!
What the heck does that have to do with anything?? Well, let me tell ya! I must remember this little mantra that I have created. Stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings. When you repeat it over and over it can be put to a catchy tune. It helped me remember that this is something I must remember for the benefit of all the girls in my household. There was a time I'd probably be too self-conscious to buy these in a store. Now I walk up and down the aisle on this particular day because I am so tired that I don't want to forget. Stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings. Stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings. Stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings! See! I didn't forget! My wife and children are very pleased with my memorization skills. But seriously; it's a good thing to take the time to know what it is they need. There are so many kinds!! A man could get lost! What the heck do they need wings for anyway?? Wings? Come on now. This type of discussion is just so...... unmacho! How do you talk about stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings in a manly kinda way? You just can't say that cool. It reminds me of when the children were still just babes and my wife would have me hold the diaper bag while she did something in a store. Did you ever try and look cool or manly holding a flowery diaper bag!! That is no small feat let me tell you! Or how manly and macho do you think I felt wearing a bunny suit to a Halloween party with my little girl? If you walk just right though you can still seem like a tough guy even in a bunny suit....or so I like to fool myself into thinking. But honestly these are the kinds of things you don't think about before having kids. I am glad to remember what they need at the store because I tell you I have bought the wrong thing more than once. If they have no wings.......forgetabout it! Go back and get the other ones; the ones with the wings! I say all this tongue in cheek because I would never have it any other way. I love my daughters and my wife. It's taken me a while to remember what kind to get but now I got it. In fact, I have to put it in my palm pilot so I can never forget it. Here I have been working hard and buying things for my wife and kids when all I had to do was remember Stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings and they would all think I was a great husband and father because I knew what they needed.
These are the things we talk about at my house; and we laugh and laugh about it all. It is such a pleasure to be a part of my family. My children have a wonderful sense of humor. They make me laugh. Just last night we all were lying in my bed before I came to work for this night shift and were just enjoying each others' company. There is no place I would rather be than with my wife and children. That is a blessing. It seems I run into many men who do their best to get away from the family to have some time alone. It doesn't make sense to me. It's the best place for a husband and father to be. The children will be with us only a short 10 to 20 years and then they will be on their own. It is worth it to spend all the time I can with them now before they move on.... as they should, into the rest of their lives. I am so grateful for all the time I get to spend with them. It will be over too soon. Soon we will wish we could hear them yelling around the house. We will wish there were legos left on the floor to step on in the middle of the night;(boy do they hurt!). I am going to do my best to enjoy it all because you only live once and I want to enjoy them while they are with me. Soon I will have my wife to myself again. We have never lost focus that it is us raising them. And when we are done, then we will have each other back again completely. She is my best friend and I look forward to that day coming. But I will cherish the time I have with all the children because time flies by. I keep telling people I just turned forty, and the fact of the matter is that I turn 41 next month! I leave you with these words of wisdom: Stayfree ultra-thin regular with wings!