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does this sound like karma or what?

I’m standing at the kitchen counter assembling a pizza. (Remember my pizza? My pizza rocks.) I’m totally engrossed in rolling out the dough when, out of the corner of my eye, I see something flying towards me. Whatever it is hits my toe – my littlest toe – and I’m all jumping around like Ow, ow, ow! and (silently, because Bean is there) Who the fuck threw that and what the fuck is it?

So. Long story short it was a tube of A&D ointment that fell off a shelf. I figure this out in under a minute, and get back to my pizza.

But.

Bean is laughing at me. So I say, Honey, it’s not funny. Mommy’s toe hurts.

He stops laughing and says, Oh. Alright. Sorry.

(pause)

Mommy? It’s a LITTLE bit funny, isn’t it?

(via)

[Edited to add: The joyless literalist buzzkills among you will be thrilled to know that I am well aware that this does not constitute karma. Who the flock do you think I am? Alanis Morrissette?]

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One Response to “does this sound like karma or what?”

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    J-Llama:

    That’s hilarious precisely because it IS karma. It’s karma manifested through genes.

    The universe just kills me sometimes.

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My name is María. I like wasabi, patronize bunny rabbits and think red wine really needs to stop pretending it's not purple.

I lived in Caribbean for four glorious years. My son - Joaquín the illustrious Bean - was born on the island of Grenada. He's beautiful, brilliant and has two birth certificates.

Now we're back in the land of snow and afternoon sunsets, and all the diet Coke and Thomas the Tank Engine in the world won't cushion the blow of such culture shock.

This is our story.


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