If you work in a school, like I do, you hear lots of well-meaning advice about not giving too much information about yourself and -god forbid- your children out over the internet. After all, it's a place jammed with predators just waiting for an address to be carelessly shared, or looking at Instagram pictures for a school sign or landmark so they can come and find you and your children and do unspeakable things. Right?
Not so much.
Well, not so far, anyway.
My daughter Kira is practically the star of this blog because she is so weird and funny. I write about her a lot, and because of this she has some fans and friends who happen to be people she doesn't know who are adults. Creepy? Maybe a little. But sweet all the same. A few years ago Kira got a package in the mail from a blog follower, Jane. Jane and Kira are two sides of the same coin. Kira and I both thought sharing too much information about her was for the best when she got Jane's fake roach in the mail and Kira went on to scare the life out of my sister with it. Win-win for everyone (except Beth).
Yesterday Kira got another package and a note in the mail from a blog friend.
It's from Kady from A Lady Reveals Nothing. She remembered a post from last summer about how Kira longs for quality toilet paper and never gets it, and she sent her some (half a roll, but she'll take it where she can get it). Sure, Kady might have the handwriting of a serial killer, but her heart is in the right place. The note and package made our day. The fact that she said she's been "saving up" since last summer and "here is half a roll" cracked us all up. I picture Kady getting a cardboard middle out of some public bathroom garbage can and diligently adding a few squares of Charmin to it every day. The fact that the notecard has a pedophile van on it, and it says "Thinking of You" is still making me laugh. (Maybe I shouldn't be a parent), and the fact that Kady has taken on the title of the "Fairy Toilet Paper Mother," made my day.
Thank you, Fairy Toilet Paper Mother, for sending my child a weird package in the mail based on what I overshare on the internet. You are the BEST!
Not so much.
Well, not so far, anyway.
My daughter Kira is practically the star of this blog because she is so weird and funny. I write about her a lot, and because of this she has some fans and friends who happen to be people she doesn't know who are adults. Creepy? Maybe a little. But sweet all the same. A few years ago Kira got a package in the mail from a blog follower, Jane. Jane and Kira are two sides of the same coin. Kira and I both thought sharing too much information about her was for the best when she got Jane's fake roach in the mail and Kira went on to scare the life out of my sister with it. Win-win for everyone (except Beth).
Yesterday Kira got another package and a note in the mail from a blog friend.
It's from Kady from A Lady Reveals Nothing. She remembered a post from last summer about how Kira longs for quality toilet paper and never gets it, and she sent her some (half a roll, but she'll take it where she can get it). Sure, Kady might have the handwriting of a serial killer, but her heart is in the right place. The note and package made our day. The fact that she said she's been "saving up" since last summer and "here is half a roll" cracked us all up. I picture Kady getting a cardboard middle out of some public bathroom garbage can and diligently adding a few squares of Charmin to it every day. The fact that the notecard has a pedophile van on it, and it says "Thinking of You" is still making me laugh. (Maybe I shouldn't be a parent), and the fact that Kady has taken on the title of the "Fairy Toilet Paper Mother," made my day.
Thank you, Fairy Toilet Paper Mother, for sending my child a weird package in the mail based on what I overshare on the internet. You are the BEST!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a stranger sending your child half a roll of toilet paper for which she has had to save up, particularly when she has serial killer handwriting. If I had a child at your school I would feel totally confident in your decision-making and boundary-setting processes, both. Really -- how could something like this possibly go wrong? Kudos to you for teaching your child about the generosity of strangers. The weird, frightening generosity...
ReplyDeleteHaha..I know Kady promise she isn't a total creeper ;-)
ReplyDelete..."the handwriting of a serial killer?"
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