Hi! I’m Lacey O’Conner. I happen to be a total faliure at gift giving. Seriously, if someone graded the Christmas gifts I gave last year, I would get an F-. If that exists. So you can imagine the problem I had this Mother’s Day.
My craft was a disaster. So was my card. So my dad took me to the mall. It was 11:45 so we made our way to the food court first. As we sat there, I looked around the food court for other girls my age. Next to us, there was a girl with her brother and grandmother. She had a Body Shop bag. Then I saw a girl with a baseball cap and a GAP bag. Ok, I thought, good start. Body Shop first then. “Ready for Karen too?” my dad asked. “Oh my god!’ I said. “I forgot!” “Lacey, Lacey, Lacey,” said my dad, shaking his head. Karen is my dad’s wife. My parents are divorced. My mom hasn’t remarried, but dad did. So I live with mom half the time, and dad and Karen half the time. “Ok,” I said. “I’ll get something for Mom and something for Karen. I’ve got enough money.” So Dad had to agree.
“Body Shop first,” I directed Dad. “Mom likes their stuff.” At least, I hoped she did. I really didn’t know. “Karen likes scented soaps,” Dad reminded me. “Right,” I said. I had forgotten that. Mom says I’m very absentminded. It’s embarrassing.
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