Stuttering from the chills of running a high temperature, I manage to be heard saying; "Damn! I wish it would rain in my room, so I wouldn't get have to get up again... " as I moan. Minutes later my two daughters, come running in my room, taking out my screen in my window. Now mind you, I'm in and out of conscience at this point and not caring enough to get up to see what they're doing. Before I know it I hear the door slam and two voices (my girls) outside my window... "she wanted it to rain, she's going to get the closest thing to it...)

Bulging out of my head are my eyes in shock of the thoughts running through my head at this point that I try to raise up from my bed, but my body won't cooperate with me. I feel like someone has glued me to my bed.

"Just relax mom!" says my oldest. I mumble "Whachadooo (pause) ing" ... but no one seemed to hear me. Instantly I hear something and before I could raise up again and look to what sounded like water running, I get drenched.

In came the rain! Now, being that we're what most would classify as rednecks from south central Oklahoma, who most would classify also to not be the sharpest tools in the shed... Yeah! Uh huh! It rained alright... seeing that my bed and I were only a foot and half from the window it really rained, right on me!

Forget that I'm sick! Forget everything! Adrenaline and panic set in rapidly and I jumped up! Forget even me going out the correct way... I dashed through my window! Well hell, do you blame me? I mean shoot, they did take my screen out! While I was dashing out the window I gracefully slid down the water hose while managing to take the hose completely out of my window. I land so pleasantly on my ass with the hose up my shorts. Thinking to myself, "Great! Not only does it rain on me in my bed just as I requested... I also get flushed too"

I was just thankful that my two heathens was courteous enough to stay put, even though they were in daze due to being amazed by their my reaction.

"Momma are you okay? asked my youngest daughter. With one look she had her answer. "But I thought... we thought that you wanted it to rain, mom," she continued.

"Yeah, mom," says my oldest as she grabs her sisters hand, "C'mon, we better go... (pause while seeing I was not happy) clean our room!"

"TURN OFF THE WATER!" I yell while I work my way up and pick off all the grass (the yard finally got mowed the day before) and attempt to master the screen on my window.

Now, you see... we really do need to be careful of what we ask for!

I'm telling you this for two reasons; One, that you can laugh at this and two, that I can share with you that even in our bleakest, most difficult moments. Times where we feel things couldn't get worse... where like I felt, couldn't be any weaker in strength and all you want is to desperately get life back in order...

I'm telling you as I shake my head in the memories I've shared with you just now... life can sure be tricky when you're dealing with moments such as these... but when you look at them in a different light, they're actually lessons that we all either need to be taught or refreshed.

See, I so wanted to beat my girls butts for that crap... but was forced to see the humor in it while I was sitting on the ground soaked on freshly mowed grass because two caring rug rats decided to tend to a request I made.

They can't hear me when I request that the dogs be fed, their rooms be cleaned or an occasional "I need a soda pop, someone!" But they heard me request the man upstairs in a comical sense that I wished it would rain because I hurt so bad with the fever that I didn't want to have to get up and tend myself to a cool bath... and what do they do? Exactly! They make my wish come true! *sigh!*

While I'm smiling now, you have to understand that this was a disastrous moment where if I could have found the strength would have opened up a can of whoop ass on my girls! (not really, but they would have thought so)

So, now that you've read this... now you also know why I haven't been DA in a while.

Hope all of you are doing well and thank God it's the weekend! Feel free to share this example of my life to anyone you'd like, for I know what it's like to read something that brings a smile to one's face.

I got a lot of catching up to do... so get ready, for my muse is awake and ready to produce some interesting work!


~Kris~