The Lap

Miss Boo: No!  I don't want to sit there!
Me (giving up on trying to get her to sit beside me): Where do you want to sit?
Miss Boo: I need to sit on The Lap! (squirms over onto my knees)

*a few hours later*

Miss Boo: Here Mama.  You eat it.  (shoves spoonful of her lunch toward me)
Me: Oh, no thank you.
(spoonful tips and rolls off spoon)
Miss Boo: Oh! No! It fell into The Lap!


So there you have it.  Motherhood really does erase your personhood; now I am just "The Lap."

Cheers,

Breanna

(P.S. For New Readers: If you couldn't tell I was being sarcastic about the "erase your personhood" bit, well, I don't really think motherhood is oppression, ok?  Ok.)