Saturday, September 30, 2006

Return of the hormones

You know the saying, "you learn something new every day?" Well, today, I learned that I should not watch the Saturday morning World Vision sponsor-a-starving-child-in-Africa hour-long infomercial while pregnant. I mean, they made me sad before -- who wouldn't be sad watching those poor starving kids? -- but pregnant hormonal Denice started to cry. And I mean CRY! Jagged, strangled sobs coming from deep inside my heart.

The purpose of those infomercials is to guilt you into parting with $35 a month to sponsor a child so he or she can get food, medical treatment and go to school.

But pregnant Denice wants to win the $24 million on the Lotto 6/49 draw tonight and give it to the 10 and 12-year-old girls I just watched whose parents died of AIDS and now they have to take care of all their smaller brothers and sisters all by themselves while living in a rickety one-room hut. Actually, I want to get on a plane, find them, hug the daylights out of them, and give them and the rest of their village the $24 million. That would be a very worthwhile thing to do with a lottery win, right?

Live and learn…

3 comments:

Mom101 said...

Are you nuts, woman? I can't even watch Home Depot commercials when I'm pregnant, for fear of using up the last of the Kleenex. You're a brave, brave pregnant woman.

Anonymous said...

yeh, I shoulda mentioned that. Oh, and don't watch ER either... too much anxiety for pregnant people.

Anonymous said...

I think the worst for me was watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - BAWLED, SOBBED! It was so bad I even had Ray crying!

Tracy