not-so-silent sunday: the mother and the tigers

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Once upon a January day, after too many days in a row stuck at home, the mother decided to drag her children out of the house. She had tried this the day before, and she only succeeded in getting her kids to go out to lunch with her.

“It’s too cold to go outside,” they whined.

The day before that, she forced them to walk outside with her, just a quick walk around the block.

“It’s too rainy to go outside,” they said. The rain had stopped, but it was overcast, and they were being whiny and mopey. The daughter refused to walk beside the mother and the son. She was not happy, not one bit, that she was outdoors, against her will.  Such a mean mommy she had.

The children preferred to bury their noses in Minecraft and Animal Jam. The mother did not understand why building pixel-block worlds with square animals was better than kicking rocks, splashing in puddles, and riding the awesome bikes (bikes with gears!) that Santa brought for Christmas. She did not understand Animal Jam at all, and she hated National Geographic, just a little bit, for creating the site.  She did not understand these children.

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8 Responses to “not-so-silent sunday: the mother and the tigers”

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    Macaroni Mama — January 5, 2014 @ 8:02 am

    I love the way you told this story. Great pictures!

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    Paula — January 5, 2014 @ 10:50 am

    Such a lovely tale with such beautiful photographs.

    P.S. As for the Minecraft-addled boy, I think he took in more of the day at the sanctuary than you think 🙂

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    Gail — January 5, 2014 @ 11:27 am

    Such a beautifully written story, MJ.
    Tigers are stunningly beautiful creatures and I’m glad the husband ignored the edict.

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    Katy — January 5, 2014 @ 11:40 am

    Delightfully written and beautifully photographed! Thank you,

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    Brooke @ Foodwoolf.com — January 5, 2014 @ 6:17 pm

    What a lovely story of acceptance, silence, and pretty tigers. I just re-viewed “Life of Pi” last night, so this post seems especially poignant. The part about your son reminds me that sometimes we’re just not ready to see beautiful things in our lives–it isn’t until we are ready from the inside that we can see the great stuff going on beyond us.

    Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family.

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    Min — January 6, 2014 @ 6:34 am

    Hilarious story and a lovely one to boot. Happy New Year, MJ!

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    Di — January 8, 2014 @ 1:56 pm

    so well done. I have often thought of story-telling with photos instead of illustrations because I have zero artistic talent. I now know how successful it can be. As always, thank you for sharing.

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    Ginnette — January 10, 2014 @ 2:11 pm

    LOVE this story. Thank you for sharing it and the wonderful pictures!

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