The One-Minute Writer: Today’s Writing Prompt: Role

Today, I have to think about the various roles I play in my life. If I had to give up all but one, which one would I keep?

I’m cook, cleaner, chauffeur, entertainer, nurse, referee, teacher and confidante.  All these roles fit together to make the ultimate role of being a mother.  There is no other role so demanding nor so rewarding.

I’m taking my girls to see the X Factor Live in Glasgow this evening.  (For my Non-UK readers, X Factor is a TV program akin to American Idol.  In fact, Mr Compliments (AKA Simon Cowell) is giving up his spot on American Idol to take X Factor to the USA.)  This will be the girls’ first pop concert, and I am hoping that they are not too young to enjoy it!  (They are only 5 1/2 years old!  *blushes*)

When they started watching the program last year, they enjoyed watching the auditions, and we all had great fun giving the contestants thumbs up or thumbs down.  When the live shows started they enjoyed the singing and dancing, and soon picked out some favourites:

Jamie (Afro) Archer,

Stacey Solomon,

and…… last but not least, John and Edward (AKA Jedward).

The first bit of Mamma Guilt relating to the X Factor is that the girls were distraught and cried buckets when Jamie got voted out.  I felt awful.  I berated myself for letting them watch, telling myself that they were too young!  But the thing is, they did enjoy watching the shows and rooting for their favourites – especially John and Edward (who I personally detested!!) 

These feelings of guilt returned when, a few weeks later, their ultimate favourites, John and Edward were voted off the show.  I had already purchased the tickets for the X Factor Tour, and they were supposed to be a Christmas present.  However, I ended up having to tell them about it early, just to calm them down. 

I had yet more feelings of Mamma Guilt last week, when I realised I had left it too late to organise some unique personalised t-shirts for the girls to wear at the concert.  (January is such a bad month moneywise, and the beginning of March always catches me by surprise, with February being a short month!)

I’m sure I’ll experience yet more Mamma Guilt tomorrow morning, when the girls struggle to get out of bed for school, after their late night out!  (Still, it is only a one-off, I suppose!)

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