TheBanyanTree: Wah-lah it's Magic

[Julie Anna Teague]

Quoting Sherry Lester <mamalester at yahoo.com>:

> 	So I will no longer become annoyed when I find an
> empty toilet paper roll in the bathroom.  I will see
> it as my opportunity to continue to keep a little
> magic in the world and smile to myself knowing that it
> is me, the Toilet Paper Puck, who is helping to make
> the world a better place.  Shucks, there’s plenty of
> other things to get upset about.

This totally cracked me up.  And why not be the Toilet Paper Puck, me 
thinks?  I have kids, so I'm already Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and 
the Easter Bunny.  I'm the Mystery behind Dried Mustard Ball Removal, 
the Lunch Money Magician, the Muse of Misplaced Shoes, the Fridge-Spill 
Fairy.  The Queen of Cup Clearing.  The Bodhissatva of Baked on Crud.  
What Leprechaun of Leftovers removes that moldy bowl of mystery food in 
the back of the fridge?  What Pixie cleans the punky gunk that gathers 
around the waste can under the sink?  Sometimes I pause and wonder, 
with some no small resentment, what would happen if I didn't make 
Christmas magic?  What if I served dinner on the plates that didn't get 
totally clean in the dishwasher?  What if I stopped being the 
omnipotent Sprite behind the smooth running of my family's every day 
life?  In their tiny teen brains I am more banshee, hobgoblin, or ogre. 
  And then I think: they'll move out some day, these semi-unconscious 
boys of mine, and they'll find out what happens, and looking back, they 
will think about these magical days.

Julie