Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

My Eight Year Old Straightened Me Out

Do not….
I repeat…
Do not not not not not
Have brand new carpeting put in
The same day as a rain storm and an 8-year-old girl's slumber party.

I am usually the fun-loving, happy, excited birthday girl’s mama.
I was yelling my head off within hours as thirteen girls tromped mud
onto my brand new carpeting
in the dining room where the sliding glass doors were
through the living room
up the stairs and into the bedroom.

My eight-year-old daughter straightened me out.
Remember Mom, all of these girls are not as smart as I am.
I can tell them and you can tell them, but they are excited.
Some of them have never been to a slumber party.
They need a bit more fun and less drama from you.
I stopped yelling at that point, feeling badly about my behavior.

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Bill Baker February 4, 2022 at 3:30 PM One very aware young girl you have there, Caren. :-) Bill Caren Krutsinger February 4, 2022 at 8:42 PM I have three of them but they are 49, 48 and 43 now.

Darlene De Beaulieu February 4, 2022 at 11:40 AM Hello Caren, wow! That was a turn around. Yes I can understand you feeling badly for your behavior that day. Hugs. Darlene De Beaulieu February 5, 2022 at 10:09 AM Hello Caren, I guess you will always remember this even though it happened 40 years ago. Hugs. Caren Krutsinger February 4, 2022 at 8:42 PM I sure did - that was 40 years ago!

L Milton Hankins February 4, 2022 at 9:18 AM Nope. I understand. I would have had a fit! I like a new carpet to stay clean as long as possible, which, at my house, is about a day! Caren Krutsinger February 4, 2022 at 8:43 PM I should have known better; I do now.