My mother’s birthday was about a month ago. I failed to put her gift in the mail on time, but I knew I’d be seeing her for Christmas, so I just opted to give it to her late.
I was so prepared when it came to wrapping Christmas gifts this year I totally forgot about wrapping her birthday gift until the very last second. When I dropped in to our local has-everything superstore, I picked up a gift bag. It was white and had the letters from BIRTHDAY written on the exterior.
When I wrote the to-from bit on the label, I realized that the only letters from birthday that were actually on the bag were B, A and Y. And that the label said “sweet baby.”
My mother wanted to know what I was trying to say. Did I have big news for her birthday?
I think the big news is that I’m definitely not ready for a baby if I can’t read the difference between BABY and BIRTHDAY on a white bag in a brightly-lit discount department store. My mother agrees.
