I posted this over at the BlogHer website for a chance to win a free pass to BlogHer ‘07. The person who gets the most comments on their posts wins, so if you like it, click over there and leave me a comment on it ! I’m already planning on going to BlogHer ‘07, but I haven’t exactly thought of how to pay for the registration yet, so why not help me get it for free?!! If you’re not a member of BlogHer yet, joining is free and gives you access to tons of great posts by women writers on almost two dozen topics of interest. Click here to go to the BlogHer website, and then on the left where it says Shortcuts, click on Join and List a Blog. Now, here’s my entry in the “Who would YOU thank?” contest:
Welcome to the 2007 Academy Awards!
In the category of Best Supporting Actress in a Musical or Comedy, the winner is…Elizabeth Edwards!!
(camera pans crowd searching for barely five foot tall woman standing up…there she is, next to her husband who is on the phone with the babysitter, just a minute, here she comes)
(We see Mrs. Edwards accepting the gold statue from a six-foot tall supermodel)
Sniff…sniff…Oh my GOD, I can’t believe I won this! Thank you! Thank you so much! You know, when I started doing this ten years ago, there were so many people who helped me and supported me. Thank you to my Mother, who finally admitted that I might have married the right man after all when she saw that he changed diapers, fixed bottles and let me sleep in on Sunday mornings. Thank you to my Father, who helped us buy our first house so we didn’t have to raise the baby in the tiny upstairs apartment where our downstairs neighbor would bang on the floor with a broomstick every time we turned on our television.
Thank you to all of our Grandparents, who scooped up our tiny babies in their soft wrinkled hands and breathed in that new smell, reminding us of the miracle that is the circle of life. Thank you to all of our friends, who always understood that inviting us over meant that we came with children, and diaper bags, and sticky sippy cups, and still invited us over anyway.
Thank you to all of our daycare providers, all of our childrens’ teachers, thank you to our pediatrician for curing all those ear infections, thank you to our pets for putting up with having their tails pulled and fur yanked out by the fistful.
And since you’ve given this award to me specifically, I’d like to thank my husband. Thank you for changing from the boy who said he never wanted to have kids to the man who lights up from the inside whenever he holds a baby. Thank you for being the calm one, the one who doesn’t freak out at the sight of blood or vomit or poop. Thank you for reminding me to stop and play with them once in a while, that everything else can just wait. Thank you for keeping an eye on my stress level and knowing when it’s time to take the kids to the Mall so Mom can have some Alone time. That means more to me than anything. I love you so much, honey! I love you Ryan, Nathan and Kaitlyn, thank you SO MUCH for making me a Mom! I know I’m not always easy to live with, but some day you will be parents and you’ll understand just how deeply and fiercely I love you. I guess I have to get off the stage now, so thank you again everyone for this award! Woo hoo!
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Well done. I wish we would here more meaningful, sincere speeches like that from winners.
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone thanked their pediatricians instead of their lawyers and agents?
I’m off to post a comment on your BlogHer post. Good luck!