

"Wow!" I thought. " I am a horrible neighbor!" I resolved to be more active and meet my neighbors, but the bigger task at hand was the lack of can opener and the delicate time issue of hamburger on my hands.
Travis is now looking at me with those "sad eyes" that makes a mother feel like the worst parent in the world. All my kid wants is Manwich. Is that too much to ask? Shesh. I am a horrible neighbor and horrible parent. This is not a good week!
"There must be something we can open the can with!" I smile. I start digging through the drawers. Screw driver in the junk drawer. Rolling pin. My mind rolls back to some vintage TV. Mcgyver could open the can of manwich. Mcgyver could blow up a plane with a can of Manwich, a phillips head screw driver and a rolling pin....I can do this!
I put the phillips head screw driver on the can with my left hand. I take the rolling pin in my right hand. I begin to pound on the screw driver with the rolling pin. After two sharp hits the screw driver busts through the can! Houston! We have lift off! This would be easier than I thought. I began to pound the can poking holes in it with the screw driver and the rolling pin. Travis looks at me like I have lost it.
I envision the men in the white coats coming, to take me away. Ha Ha. He He. I envision my son, scared for life, telling the therapist, "Then my mom took a screw driver and a rolling pin....." I snap back to the task at hand.
The can has several holes in it, and I pry it open and dump the Manwich sauce into the hamburger. I smile and say, "dinner will be ready in a couple minutes!" My son laughs as we wash the manwich sauce off the screw driver.
Yea, my son may think I am crazy, but I hope he figures out that I am resourceful and that you don't let little setbacks deter you from what you want. I hope he sees that there are a lot of ways to get something done. I hope he has a little "McGyver" in him to be strong enough to handle the tough stuff. These goofy little moments that all add up as we make a difference, one random woman at a time!
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