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Sunday, July 3, 2005
Subject: The Middle Wife
Time: 8:41:00 AM EDT
Author: momsfirstscreenn
Mood: Hopeful
Music: suthern gospel
This is so cute,I've seen it before,perhaps you have also,but read it again,then go hold your precious children ,as only a child could tell this .
"The Middle Wife" by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two
kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I
saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a
few sessions with my students. It helps them get over
shyness and usually, show- and-tell is pretty tame.
Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish
they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any
boundaries or limitations on them.
If they want to lug it to school and talk about it, they're
welcome. Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very
bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to
the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her
sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. "This is
Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his
birthday. First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their
love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke
grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella
cord." She's standing there with her hands on the pillow,
and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder
with me. The kids are watching her in amazement. "Then,
about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh
, oh, oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
"She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh,
oh!' Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding
her back and groaning. "My Dad called the middle wife.
She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car
like the Domino's man."
"They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this." Then Erica
lies down with her back against the wall. "And then, pop! My
Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got
thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed,
like psshheew!" This kid has her legs spread and with her
little hands are miming water flowing away. It was too much!
"Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push, and breathe
, breathe.'" "They started counting, but never even got
past ten." "Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He
was covered in yucky stuff, they all said was from Mom's
play-center, so there must be a lot of stuff inside there."
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned
to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since
then, if it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just
in case another Erica comes along. You have two
choices...laugh and close this page or pass this along to
someone else to spread the laughs. I know what I did.
Thanks Betty.
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Subject: The Middle Wife
Time: 8:41:00 AM EDT
Author: momsfirstscreenn
Mood: Hopeful
Music: suthern gospel
This is so cute,I've seen it before,perhaps you have also,but read it again,then go hold your precious children ,as only a child could tell this .
"The Middle Wife" by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two
kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I
saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a
few sessions with my students. It helps them get over
shyness and usually, show- and-tell is pretty tame.
Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish
they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any
boundaries or limitations on them.
If they want to lug it to school and talk about it, they're
welcome. Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very
bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to
the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her
sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. "This is
Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his
birthday. First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their
love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke
grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella
cord." She's standing there with her hands on the pillow,
and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder
with me. The kids are watching her in amazement. "Then,
about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh
, oh, oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
"She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh,
oh!' Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding
her back and groaning. "My Dad called the middle wife.
She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car
like the Domino's man."
"They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this." Then Erica
lies down with her back against the wall. "And then, pop! My
Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got
thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed,
like psshheew!" This kid has her legs spread and with her
little hands are miming water flowing away. It was too much!
"Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push, and breathe
, breathe.'" "They started counting, but never even got
past ten." "Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He
was covered in yucky stuff, they all said was from Mom's
play-center, so there must be a lot of stuff inside there."
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned
to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since
then, if it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just
in case another Erica comes along. You have two
choices...laugh and close this page or pass this along to
someone else to spread the laughs. I know what I did.
Thanks Betty.
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