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\u201cJordan! Julia!\u201d I called, pouring orange juice so fast that it splashed on the table. \u201cGet dressed right away\u2014we\u2019re late!\u201d I hadn\u2019t been a single mom for all that long, but I\u2019d been optimistic about the new year. For my children\u2019s sake, I\u2019d sworn I was going to be the best I could be, and I\u2019d had the whole Christmas vacation to get us organized<\/a> for the first day back to school after the holidays. But I had overslept, and we were racing to get ready, as usual.<\/p>\n

Breakfast was rushed, and we bundled up for a snowy day. I held the door while Jordan, in kindergarten, and his little sister Julia, in preschool, ran to the car. Everybody buckled up, and we were off. I kept to the speed limit but wished time would slow. God, I\u2019m already messing up.<\/i><\/p>\n

In the back seat, Jordan unzipped his backpack. \u201cAll my Christmas stuff is still in here,\u201d he said. \u201cYou forgot to clean it out over break.\u201d<\/p>\n

What could I say? I was the same imperfect me as always. \u201cI\u2019ll clean it out right after school today,\u201d I said. \u201cI promise.\u201d<\/p>\n

We arrived at school 10 minutes late. Too late to slip in unnoticed, not late enough to have a good excuse, like an early morning doctor\u2019s appointment<\/a> or impassable roads. I\u2019d have to sign the kids in under the secretary\u2019s watchful eye. She slid a clipboard to me across her desk. Why don\u2019t they just let us check a column for Good Mom or Bad Mom?<\/i> I thought as I wrote Overslept.<\/i> I left the office feeling as if I had a big F<\/i> stamped on my forehead.<\/p>\n

I did manage to pick up Julia on time when her half day of preschool was over. She made snow angels in the yard as I caught up on the laundry. Later that afternoon we went to get Jordan. I helped him with his homework and left him to play in his room. Laundry will be done soon,<\/i> I thought. Wait! Don\u2019t forget to clean out that backpack.<\/i> I didn\u2019t want Jordan to have to remind me again.<\/p>\n

I pulled out some Christmas cards, a colored picture of Santa, a baggie full of sparkles and bits of oats. There was a note stapled to the baggie: \u201cEmpty this bag outside on Christmas Eve to give Santa\u2019s reindeer a snack!\u201d<\/p>\n

I imagined the fun we all might have had sprinkling the \u201creindeer food\u201d outside on Christmas Eve<\/a>. Too late now,<\/i> I thought with a sigh. Again.<\/i><\/p>\n

I put the baggie in the trash and went back to the laundry. I was folding some towels when Julia came in, the plastic baggie of reindeer food dangling from her hand. \u201cWe need to put this outside,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Oh, no.<\/i> \u201cI\u2019m sorry, honey,\u201d I said. \u201cIt\u2019s too late now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia grabbed my hand and tugged me outside. It felt like being dragged back to the school office: Reason for not feeding Santa\u2019s reindeer? Forgot to clean out backpack. Bad Mom.<\/p>\n

Out in the yard, Julia pointed to the ground. Her snow angels<\/a> decorated the whole yard. She opened the baggie. \u201cI need to make their wings sparkle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Julia walked, then danced around the yard, sprinkling glitter on all her angels\u2019 wings. As I watched her, my feelings of inadequacy began to fade away. Julia probably wouldn\u2019t remember the school office this morning, but she would definitely remember a yard covered in sparkling angels. Angels that never could have happened if I hadn\u2019t forgotten about that backpack. And Jordan would be pleased when he unzipped it tomorrow. Maybe my kids didn\u2019t need a new mom after all. Maybe Mom just needed a new attitude.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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