Lucky Charms and Us

Eight a.m. on the dot,
Half asleep, I somehow manage to mumble “Oh Kohen Scott”.
He’s calling out my name; he’s ready to start the day,
I, however, am not in the mood to play.
I open the door to see blankets and toys thrown all over the place,
And then an innocent “Hi!” squeals from the direction of his smiling face.
His arms open wide,
My heart swelling with pride.
I rub my eyes and smile, “I love you” I say,
“GoMornin’” he says as I walk his way.
After hugs and kisses, down the stairs we go,
He asks for cereal and his favorite show.
As I hold my head in close to his,
I say, “’Lucky Charms’ and ‘Cars’ it is!”
And just like yesterday, and the day before,
Half of the bowl ends up on the floor,
And before I know it, he’s asking for more.
So I sit, right there next to him and memorize his every move,
And then I realize I’ve got nothing left to prove.
My little man loves me no matter what,
He doesn’t care when I don’t wear make-up, or dress-up, or about the last time I had a haircut.
I’m his Mama.
His Hero.
His Protector.
His one and always constant.
In his eyes, I can do anything,
And in his heart I am his everything.
As time goes by and I watch him grow,
There’s one thing that will never change this I know,
If being his Mama is the only thing I ever do right,
My life will be complete, and I can sleep at night.
Gazing over at him I start to feel a tear,
Only then to realize a Lucky Charm has hit me in the ear.
He laughs a sneaky little laugh until my eyes meet his,
And I can’t help but grin and say, “’Lucky Charms’ and ‘Us’ it is!”
8:15 on the dot,
I think to myself, “Oh how I love you, Kohen Scott”.

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Letter To The Editor - In Touch Weekly

In Touch Weekly – Letter to the Editor




Undeserved attention and fame for immoral and shameful behavior.

Kattie Lindsay – Salt Lake City, Utah



I am finding it so disturbing that you are plastering these whole cheating scandals between Tiger Woods and Jesse James all over the covers of your magazine, every single week. And I find it even more disturbing and disgusting that you are publishing personal text messages from their grossly fame-starved mistresses. I understand that you are just trying to make money off of these cheap stories, but do you understand how many people you are hurting by doing this?

Isn’t it bad enough that these stories are plastered all over “entertainment news” programs such as Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, and Inside Edition? Why are you letting these home-wrecking, pole dancing, porn stars give personal and very intimate details about their affairs in these classless interviews? It’s obvious they do not care about the feelings of the spouses and families of these cheating husbands. And by publishing this trash in you magazines, you are proving that you do not care and are just as classless as these home-wrecking women.

It is unfair, and unjust to the victims involved in these situations that you are participating in this garbage. It seems you’ll publish anything, even without merit, to make a buck. Where are your values? Do you even care that you are hurting countless people by publishing this for the world to read? You are giving these women undeserved attention, and fame for very shameful behavior. What these women have done, and are continuing to do is immoral and wrong in so many ways. I think you should be ashamed of yourselves for contributing to this already painful and devastating situation. Please open your heart, and have some empathy for the victims in these situations, and stop rewarding these trashy women by paying them for interviews. Have some morals, and some class. And let these victims work through this terrible time in their lives with some dignity, respect and privacy.