Midlife’s A Trip

Menopause Mommy

Posted on 26. Nov, 2007 by Karen in Family and Friends

My sister is the menopause mommy–52 year old first time mother of a 3 year old.  I used to think she was crazy to want the mom experience at her age but she is a wonderful mother.  Wonderful enough to venture out to Toys R Us on the day after Thanksgiving.  On second thought, maybe she’s a saint.

My niece Maddie spent the night with me so that my sister could get up at 5am to shop.  My sister got to Toys R Us at 5:30 and immediately called to say that the parking lot was jammed already.  Once she got into the store, there were wall to wall shopping carts.  Employees were directing traffic–in the store.

This is really the first year that Maddie has created a list of what she wants for Christmas.  So armed with that feedback, my sister navigated through Toys R Us and found most of what Maddie asked for–but not the child-size $250 remote control princess car that Maddie could drive around.  My sister decided–wisely–that if anyone in the family was going to get a new car to drive, it was going to be her.

As she stood in the checkout line, my sister called to report on her success.  You should have heard the sense of accomplishment in her voice as she told me about getting around Toys R Us without a shopping cart collision.  This coming from a mother who has studiously avoided big box toy store for the past 3 holiday seasons. 

I’m so proud of my sister.  She did the day after Thanksgiving early morning run to Toys R Us, got everything she needed to buy and did it all without a hot flash.  Kudos to a great menopause mommy.  I’m glad it’s not me.

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