The World in 2026
Posted by mamaworker on April 8, 2008
Lauren in a Winnie the Pooh outfit, complete with matching hat, on a happier, poop-filled day.
A tumultuous weekend for the fam: Lauren continued to be constipated Wed-Sat and on Saturday she was crying in pain. We were out of town, prune juice had produced no – um- results, and a call in to our pediatrician back home motivated a visit to urgent care. “With a baby that young,” he said, “It’s best to check it out. She might need an enema.” I freaked. Not to worry; Lauren received a clean bill of health, and probably two hours after we left, she had a bowel movement. The doctors there told me it’s “perfectly normal for a baby to go 6-7 days without a movement.” Wish my pediatrician would have told me that. Oh well.
Driving back home, stopped in to see my grandmother, Lauren’s great-grandmother, who I’ll refer to as GGG here. GGG was pleased to see Lauren, and posed a question she’s brought up before: “Do you ever think of what the world will be like when Lauren graduates from high school?” I hadn’t, and GGG thinks it’s a shame that she can’t find fresh fish at the store like she used to, so I knew she was referring to environmental factors in 2026. I’m certainly not wishing away her childhood. But here is a short list of wishes I have for 2026’s Lauren:
- That I’m still here. My mom didn’t get to see me graduate from high school.
- Teens can be tough, but I hope we’ll have a good relationship.
- I hope she’ll have a great sense of self-confidence.
- I hope the US has withdrawn troops from Iraq. You never know.
- Gas mileage will be more efficient.
- She’ll have grades good enough for college, or have a plan for the future.
- She’ll know money isn’t everything; time is just as precious.
- She won’t have killed me for writing about her constipation.
