Wednesday July 13, 2011
Not only am I the mom who doesn’t have chocolate chip cookies warm out of the oven after school. Not only am I the mom who left the muffins all wrapped up and ready to go for the first day of school celebration. Not only am I the mom who didn’t read the school calender correctly and did not pack a lunch the first day. I am also the mom who lost Adam’s first grade report card.
Among the bags of school things he brought home was a navy blue folder with three calender pages of activities to keep him busy this summer and his report card. It floated around on the island for a few days and I clearly remember having it in hand trying to decide where to put the folder. Somewhere in the kitchen so I have easy access to the calendar pages or immediately filed as school records. I remember not taking the time to make a new folder right then. But I canNOT remember where I went from that spot in the kitchen. And I cannot find the folder.
And it makes me sick.
What kind of mom loses her child’s first report card?
I have looked and looked and looked and looked and looked and looked and looked and looked.
I have prayed.
The boys and I have prayed.
David has looked.
And I have looked and looked and looked.
I am beginning to be very afraid that I inadvertently tossed it.
I realize that there are three billion four hundred million seven hundred eighty-nine thousand five hundred sixty-two more needful things out there to pray about.
But I really want to find that folder.
And I thought maybe y’all would help me pray about it.
i am the mom that lost the envelope with my child’s little birth certificate with the little footprints on it, and the hospital bracelets, and all that newborn paraphanelia that you bring home from the hosptial. I put it all together in an envelope for her scrapbook and then the envelope went MIA. It’s been two years and I have yet to find it so I assume it’s gone for good.
I do have my first grade report card though
sorry if that didn’t make you feel better.
hey dear….praying you find it! i hate when i put something in a ‘safe’ spot, but cannot remember where that spot is!!!
will do!
praying the lost is found.
and you are also the mom who says, hey this is important to me, please pray.
that says AloT more about you than the absense of after school cookies or left behind lunches…
(calenders ARE tricky. you have to read them for ’em to work, and there’s so many moving parts.)
(and, i am the mom who lost sarah’s birth pictures and negatives. gone. they are gone.
and it’s not like we can “re-do” it or get copies from someone else. makes me sick.)
saying a prayer…for a lost report card and my friend.
And you are also the mom that is so far above average that we average people are very relieved to hear that you lose things and yes I will pray that you find your folder.
aww, you poor dear!! This does NOT make you less of a mom, seriously! I will be praying too for the missing report card!
Hoping you’ll find it… like me, in the oddest place ever…! Said a prayer. 🙂
I would think Adam’s school would certainly have records that they would be able to give you another one.
Right?
I don’t know. I think it would deffinantly be worth checking into.
(Listen to me and my lack of faith here.)
@fruitloops115 – @down_onthefarm – Ok, that does make me feel better. So I’m not the only one who loses important things? And Cindy, that makes me feel kicked in my gut for you about those baby pictures. HORRIBLE. How does stuff like that happen?
@asicit – Yeah, right. Not above average. Just louder than some. 😉 Do you know that last week when I was cleaning I again remembered how much you prayed for me all those teenage years and I wondered if I would ever do so well with my nieces about their future husbands. Thanks for praying … then and now.
@totallycherished – I know I can get a trascript of grades. But I’d like the real one. I didn’t think I was sentimental, but suddenly this first child with the first report card is making me that way. I want the old fashioned version with the little behavior notes and our signatures on the back. Silly in the big scheme of things, I know.
@mylittlepinkhouse – @foreveranoatneygirl_n2Hisown – @happyangel78 – @bling4all – @ihavesix – Thank you, thank you thank you!
michelle. i have so many little what-kind-of-mom-does-this-make-me-s. you are normal. but i sure hope and pray you find that report card.
Oh my, what a sad day! I’ve had devestating moments like that too, and oh, it hits you in the stomach it’s so bad! So sorry, and I will be praying!
A long time ago when I was approx 15 I lost one of my contact lenses. This was when a contact lens was to last an entire year. I went insane trying to find it. I looked and looked and looked. Finally my dad told me to ‘give it to the angels.’ It was his way of telling me to let it go and let God. It took some time but I finally gave it to the angels. And guess what? After I gave it to the angels, I found the contact lens.
I also know and dislike the feeling of being a ‘bad mom’ Praying for you…
Drives me totally bonkers when I can’t find something. Especially when it is something that is important to me.
A little short of faith here in Wisconsin, but praying that you will find that report card! Today!
… so do-able for our Father God, and he loves to “give good gifts” to his daughters. praying you find it!
The little things… He knows, sees, and cares! Praying you find that folder!
I read this earlier today and it crossed my mind several times throughout the day–just like it would if it was my own child’s report card. I HATE lost stuff! Prayers.
I am so glad I am not the only mom who misplaces things. I can drive myself crazy with misplacing things. Look in your magazine rack, one time that is where I found two checks that I thought I lost. On a serious note, I will pray!
Awww….you’re so welcome. Aren’t you glad we can’t turn the clock back? And I’m still praying….I told Chris here a while back that for some reason he just stays at the top of my list. 🙂