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Mom teaches her child about the oh shit handle; shortlisted for Mother of the Year
It was during a girls night out when Sadie shared the story about her 12-year old that would finally get her on the shortlist for Mother of the Year. “I was driving on the freeway as I normally do with Henry riding shotgun.”
Sadie sat at the table describing the scene for her friends. “We were driving through the tunnel. Henry commented that the cars were close together.” Sadie smiled at the memory and shared they were listening to some gangsta rap at the time. “I happened to glance at Henry and noticed he had a strange look on his face. I looked back at the road and then again at him; his expression hadn’t changed. Could it be fear? Then I noticed it. Henry was holding on to the oh shit handle.”
Sadie broadcasts,
“I realized this was a teachable moment.”
Her friends leaned in, especially interested in hearing about the learning opportunity. Sadie first tried to calm her son by reciting some famous movie lines. She chose “I’m an excellent driver,” from Rainman and “It’s not how you stand by your car, it’s how you race your car,” from The Fast and the Furious.
Sadie reports she point blank asked her son,
“Why are you holding on to the oh shit handle?”
Sadie laughed when she then explained what it was and detailed all of the situations where it might be appropriate to use the handle and the different ways a person might declare “oh shit.”
It was a proud moment for Sadie.
The story ended with Sadie demonstrating for those not familiar with the oh shit handle nomenclature, how she looks when holding onto the handle and shouting “oh shit” in slow motion.
Sadie’s friends divulged, “We nominated Sadie for Mother of the Year some time ago when she hosted her son’s birthday party at an amusement park, and he didn’t meet the minimum height requirement. It is clear to all of us that Sadie embodies Mother of the Year. No one is more deserving.”
Another witness in the group echoes, “If forcing your children to dress in prison attire when visiting Alcatraz doesn’t scream Mother of the Year, I don’t know what does.”
The shortlist for Mother of the Year was just released this past Monday. Sadie’s name is at the top.
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