Yes, I am going to tell my daughter a lie today. She is having Lady Bug’s birthday party at Mr Mouse’s Pizza Place. I normally go to all of Lady Bug’s parties - even the ones they had given by her day care.
So why am I going to lie to K? Because her in laws are all here. I confess that there is absolutely no love lost between them and us. It is a long story, and it is not going to change.
So the lie that I am going to tell her is that since she only has 20 seats reserved, her dad and I will not be there because the PET scan really aggravated my arthritis, and I don’t want to make a big deal out of finding a chair.
Pathetic isn’t it? Well, if I have only a certain number of days on this planet I am going to try to spend them with the people I want and doing things I want. Selfish? Probably. Will it really make a difference to Lady Bug? No. She doesn’t see those people as much as she sees me, and she is really excited about them being here.
K would probably understand all this, but in this case a lie will smooth things over better than the truth.
I’ll have a cake for Lady Bug at dinner tomorrow night.
1 comment:
where have you been all my life...thank you for writing such honest thoughts...you've taught me so much in this one page I've read...:-) I too am a grandma at the jump-off point...and I have cancer but haven't told anyone but my brother...
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