Can I Have A Dollar Mom?
The extra cost of taking your kids to the store with you
Can I Have A Dollar Mom?
~Adele Pena C 2009
I can always count on extra expenses when I take him to the store.
Even though he’s got plenty he always wants more.
Sometimes we can make it through without my giving in;
but he’s getting more creative and my pocketbook is wearing thin.
“Can I have a dollar mom?”... spoken as we walk through the door.
“What for?”
“I want to get some of the candy at the front of the store. ...
Can I get some silly putty? This color is new.”
“Last time you had some it became carpet goo.”
“Can I get this squirt gun?”
“You have 3 at home.”
“But this one has a shield, a scope, and its rated #1. ...
Can I have a dollar mom? This car is really neat!”
“These toys are made in China, son. They’ll be broken in a week.”
“Can I get this mask mom? I don’t have this one yet.”
“You can make one with your art supplies. That I’d almost bet.”
Can I get these markers?”
“You have a tub of them at home.”
“But these ones are metallic; and I don’t have chrome.”
“Can I have a dollar mom?”
“Do you think I’m made of money!? ...
In just this store alone you’ve asked for 6 things already honey.”
“Sorry mom. I understand, but this time it’s not for me.
I want to give a dollar to help fight illiteracy.”
He won again.
About the Creator
LittleWrenWrites
aka. Adele Pena
Short Stories, Poetry, & Prose.
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