Two Random Stories

My eldest came up to me the other day quite distressed and when I asked him what the matter was he said "Every time I try to dump my girlfriend she says to me ‘Do you want to die alone?'"  I broke the sacred mother trust of not laughing at my child's pain and after I had picked myself off the floor, I reassured him that he would not die alone.  He was happier after that then came back to me the next day and said Well I dumped her!.  "I hope you told her nicely", I said.  "Yes"  he replied. "Did she ask you if you wanted to die alone again" I asked. "Yes, but I told her, I won't die alone, but you will"

Up until a little over a month ago I was a smoker.  In fact I was the last smoker in my group of friends. I have literally been the grumpiest mum in the world off and on since then.  Yesterday I had a go at my eldest for not eating the fruit in his lunch, which is truthfully a normal occurrence and I should have not gotten so annoyed with him.  Almost immediately I gave him a cuddle and apologised for getting so worked up over it and joked "I guess you are hoping Santa brings you a new mum for Christmas to replace your horrible grumpy one" and he pulled away from me to look me in the eye and said "No Mummy no one could be a better mummy than you!  You quit smoking so you wouldn't die and leave me.  That's the best gift I could have gotten!"