The Good Son

It was an exhausting day. No, make that excruciating. Yes, that sounds about right. An excruciatingly exhausting day at work!! 

Evening was no better. Kids projects kept me occupied as soon as I got home. And right after, I had to log back into work to take care of stuff.

Sink piled up with dirty dishes screaming for attention ....grocery shopping bags lying around the kitchen waiting for their turn to be unpacked and put away (yup, squeezed in a shopping trip too in this tight evening)....and oh, that poor dinner wondering if it’ll ever get done .....

Now, one doesn’t need to be a genius to guess what happened to that dinner! And you’re right - it never got cooked!! 

But that doesn’t stop the arrival of the dinner time ...and so there it is, dinner-time arrived right on time! And so did the kids carrying their hungry tummies with them! 

The smart cookie that I’m ...patched up few leftovers into attractive eatables ....& more or less made them satiated. 

And I went back to my computer.

My hunger was not lagging too behind. It caught up with me soon. But alas, there were no leftovers left anymore. 

Then comes the good son to my rescue!! He sensed my mood, my discomfort, my hunger ..everything ....so he sat on my lap n gave me lots of hugs n a kiss on each side! My spirits instantly elevated!! Yet, my hunger stayed put!! So, the good son asked me if he should make a bagel for me. And I was more than thrilled to accept the offer. 

He pulled a step stool, reached up n grabbed the bagel packet from up the refrigerator. As my luck would have it, there’s only HaLf a bagel left in that bag. Anyways he proceeded to toast the bagel, just the way I liked it, hunted for my favorite cream cheese n generously spread it on that half bagel. 

He put so much thought n effort into the bagel that  ......that ....that it became irresistible to him! He brought it to me with starvation written all over his face ...n went on to say .....”Awww this bagel looks sooo good” .....after few secs, he again goes, “Awww it’s been 3 months since I had a bagel” 

Oh God .....Nooo ...Nooo ....don’t put me in this fix!

Letting out a huge sigh, I said, “Ok, here you can have half of it”. So, the good son ate half of my half-bagel, leaving me with a quarter of a bagel. I took a bite, and looked up only to find that puppy looking longingly at me......I mean, my good son eyeing the piece of bagel in my hand. So, the Mom in me makes the ultimate sacrifice - hands over that remaining bagel to him!!! In case you are not keeping up with the Math, I had just ONE bite out of the half-bagel that my good son made for me!!

😅😅😅😍😍😍😍😍😇😅😅😅😘😘

Hmmm ......ok, forget the Math, who’s keeping count?? Who cares who actually ate it?? He made a bagel for me when I was famished without asking for it.....that’s all that matters!! He is a Good Son after all!! My baby boy!! The love of my life!!