Moms' Night Out Page #2

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Let's go. Let's go. This way. This way.

Around. Around. Let's go.

Good morning, y'all!

How is everyone?

Great.

Oh, Sondra. You are such

an inspiration to me.

And you. You are so blessed

to have her as your mother.

I am just so blessed.

Mmm-hmm.

Let go. Let go, let go, let go!

This is my best friend, Izzy.

We pretty much do

everything together.

In grade school

she was wild and popular,

and I was an introvert with braces.

And this is Marco, her husband.

He's always had

three irrational fears,

luchadores, biker gangs

and small children.

This makes him particularly

vulnerable at Halloween.

- Trick or treat!

- Oh!

Izzy!

They're talking to me again.

Doing fine, babe!

I'm just supposed to check them in.

Oh.

- Hey!

- What?

Don't kill the messenger,

but the Sunday school

coordinator said

to remember your number this time.

Yes. Yes. Okay, fine. Just please,

please don't page me

over something trivial.

Um, the fire department

didn't think it was trivial.

- Izzy, look at me.

- Ugh!

I just... I need one hour

to myself on Mother's Day.

Please.

Like, like, me with 20 toddlers.

Thank you. You're a servant.

And fix the eye. It's

really weird, even for me.

Where is it?

Come on. Come on.

All right.

Well, okay.

Work. Work!

Why won't you work? Come on!

Psalm 127 says that children

are a blessing from the Lord.

Excuse me, can I get...

That's why the position of

mother is a high calling

and one that should be

honored and protected.

And let's be honest,

I know what you're thinking.

"Should I be happy when my child

"shoves a Fruit Roll-Up

in the DVD player?"

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Ooh, sorry. Can I have my shoe?

Thank you.

I know for some of you,

Mother's Day can be hard.

If you're like my wife,

Mother's Day is when you

examine all your efforts

and wonder whether it's worth it

when you have to sacrifice so much.

Okay.

Or whether you're having an impact

at all when that teen rebels,

or whether you're really a good

mother by some measure that

you've created in your own mind.

So as we get started today,

what I want to say to

every mother here...

Allyson.

Look, I know you didn't

want to be paged,

but Beck has an

especially large head

and those are

especially small potties.

But good news.

We found a screwdriver.

I mean, we got

the seat off the toilet,

but we don't know how to get

it off, um, Beck's head.

What?

In a moment, our music...

Our music minister's gonna

come and, uh, lead us in song.

And, uh, we're gonna

continue the worship.

- Okay.

- Uh, we're gonna continue.

Whoa.

Hey, hon?

Uh, Ally?

Hey.

- You're home. Hi.

- What happened?

Just taking a little break.

Mommy time.

- Okay.

- I ate the whole bag.

- Yeah? That's okay.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Seriously, the whole bag?

Actually, I'm hiding.

From what?

The house.

- It's awful.

- It's not awful.

- It's awful.

- No, it's not.

- It's bad.

- So bad.

No, it's bad, but it's not awful.

I mean, some of it's awful.

Uh... What do you

got going over here?

Sondra posted this.

I can't stop watching.

And I don't know why.

Weird.

Happy Mother's Day.

It's really sweet.

What? Hon.

They're just flowers.

Okay, okay.

I'm gonna... I'm gonna

get up and clean.

I'm gonna get up and clean.

I'm gonna... I'm gonna

go right now.

'Kay, here we go.

Nothing's happening.

I'm stress-paralyzed.

I don't think that's a thing.

It might be a thing.

I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.

I just... I need...

I just need a second.

I don't think you're fine.

I love these shoes!

I haven't worn these in,

like, two years.

Well, they're good shoes.

They make my legs look so good!

Honey. Come on.

I'm okay, I'm gonna be fine.

It's okay, we'll make it okay.

Okay.

I wanna go to sleep.

Okay.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Just... Just sleep here

for a little while.

Mmm.

That's like an eagle, right?

Oh, not again with the bird.

You're watching a bird!

It's live. I might miss something.

Y'all, it changed me.

I mean, it is profound.

I mean, I only read

the introduction,

but it is revolutionary in my life.

Reading books is something I

aspire to, but I have three kids.

So, yeah, I don't read books.

But being in a book club makes

me feel like I read books.

I can feel it.

Every time I go to the mall there's

a parking space right out in front.

There's never a parking space

right there in the front.

But there is, y'all, every time.

Come on! Play with me!

What?

It's not like pretty music

at all. It's hot in there.

Help!

I'm talking about the new mall.

It's The Favor.

Take some of your old recipes

and just rip them up.

You just zero in on what

store's got the best bargains.

And come on, when you're

happy and got a bargain,

your husband's gonna be

happy about the savings.

It can help you find that

red pair of pumps you need.

It's kind of shopping karma.

Emma, remember we went and bought

those prom dresses out there?

I get the sale of the century,

and you wanna know why?

It's The Favor.

Amen?

Yes, sister!

Oh, Sondra. That is just...

Thank you.

That was...

Would anyone else like to share?

Anything? Okay, well...

We didn't even get to talk about

when there is a discount involved.

He's going to love this.

Hey, honey.

Hey.

Daddy!

Check this out.

Whoa.

Yeah, she, um, said she wanted to be

an artist when she grew up. So...

Wow! That is awesome.

You know what?

You got a lot of talent.

- This wall could be worth something someday.

- Mmm.

Okay, here you go.

All right.

You know what I wanted

to be when I was a boy?

A basketball player.

Don't laugh.

There is a proud tradition of

white, short basketball players.

What is this?

This... This is a house

that your daddy's making.

Isn't it so beautiful?

Is that a window?

Yeah, it is.

If you move it over here,

then you can see the pool.

Huh.

I'm gonna go play. See you.

- Okay.

- Okay, see you, babe.

Interesting.

You know what I wanted

when I was a kid?

What?

This.

I wanted to be a mom.

Marry a wonderful man, and I did.

Have beautiful babies and

raise them, and I did. I am.

I don't get it, Sean.

This was my dream.

I am literally living it

and I'm not happy.

Why do I feel like this?

I don't know.

I'm a horrible person.

No. No, you're not

a horrible person.

Just tired.

Sorry.

You don't have to

be sorry, all right?

You don't have to be sorry.

You have to choose to do

something for yourself.

Do something for yourself.

You have to do it. You're the

only one who can do that.

Sean. But...

It's the kind of thing

that if you just...

Sean, I don't need

a lecture right now.

What? This is not a lecture.

This is not helpful in

this particular moment.

I'm not lecturing you.

Honey, I'm listening to you.

I'm sitting here

and I am listening to you.

I know, I know you're listening.

And I'm hearing you.

You doing both of those things?

Listening and hearing?

I am. I'm very talented.

- Oh. You are talented.

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