The Bag Lady

As Moms, I thought we had to wear many hats- but I have changed that way of thinking. Instead, as Moms we must carry many bags.

My husband always laughs as holiday or birthday gifts arrive from my girl friends. “Is it a picture frame, candle…or another bag?” he will ask.

See, I like- no- love bags! I need bags! As I look about the house, there are many bags. There’s the pool bag stocked with towels, sunscreen and now empty juice boxes. There is the emergency bag with a change of clothes for everyone, paper towels and a hair brush. There’s the activity bag with books, crayons, paper and an Etch and Sketch for doctor visits.

There is my reading bag stuffed with the latest magazines perfect for the school pick up lines and waiting at the girl’s gymnastics. Let’s not forget my gym bag-complete with bottled water, gloves, goggles, hair clips and my Ipod. Oh and the prize bin bag. The famous bag in which all left over holiday, school and birthday candy and prizes are dumped- I mean - placed for future rewards.

Enough bags? Are you kidding! Since these bags represent the many facets of our expanding lives – we are always in need of more! And as I stock them, tote them and lug these things around for me and the girls – it gives a new and more stylish meaning to the term the “bag lady”. A term that I will carry well…