12/11/2024
MY 7-YEAR-OLD DREW A PICTURE OF MY HUSBAND WITH ANOTHER WOMAN – AND WROTE, 'I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO BE MY MOM'
I need to get this out somewhere before I explode.
I’m a mom to my sweet girl, Mia, who’s seven. Last night, after a long day at work, I was cleaning up her crayons and coloring books. That’s when I found it.
It was a drawing—just a cute little sketch at first glance. It showed a family: a man, a woman, and a little girl all holding hands. I smiled at first, thinking, aw, how sweet. But then I looked closer. The man? Definitely Jack, my husband. But the woman? It wasn’t me. She had brown hair and was dressed like a bride. Next to them, Mia had written in her big, bubbly handwriting: “I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO BE MY MOM.”
My stomach dropped. My heart was pounding so hard I thought I might pass out. What in the world was I looking at? Is Jack… cheating? With someone Mia already considered “mom” material?
I couldn’t let it go, so I went to Mia’s room. I asked her gently about the picture. And then it happened. She turned bright red, snatched the drawing out of my hands, and held it against her chest. Then she blurted out: “You weren’t supposed to see that! Daddy said to hide it better!" ⬇️