

At that moment, just as she was about to walk towards her future husband’s arms, she realized then that she did not have feelings for Barry.
#THE MAGIC BEAN FULL#
She couldn’t marry him because she realized at the last moment, when she was fully dressed in a wedding gown, when the church was full with congregants eager to witness an exchange of nuptials. Rachel has just left Barry (the groom, an orthodontist) at the altar. Carry on into the future with The Big Bang Theory while I hang around the 20th Century for a while longer) handed a fairy tale to me. Then this weekend, Phoebe Buffay, she of the comedy Friends (Yeah, don’t mind me. You should see me saying with exaggerated emphasis, forefinger pointing up “…the moral of the story is if you insist on telling lies, no one will believe you when you tell the truth” I think I have repeated this phrase a ‘nauseating’ couple of times but thankfully my girls are still too respectful to use the phrase “Shut up Mum!” – I am not sure how long that will last though.įor the longest time, I have been aware that repeating the above stories could soon earn me the badge ‘Boring Mum’.

I like this story because I get to drive the importance of honesty into my girls’ heads.

The story I enjoy telling the most though, is the one about the boy who cried wolf. I should read that story again to refresh my memory as soon as I am done with writing this post. Her hair was so long that it was used as a ladder… Then I hit a blank. I tried Rumpelstiltskin but scratched it when I couldn’t remember what happens after: Once upon a time, there was a girl called Rumpelstiltskin who had long golden hair. I really need to expand my fairy tales scope. The story is always a selection from Cinderella, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, and Little Red Riding Hood. There is never a dull moment with these children of mine. When you see Hailey’s face as she watches me sing, you would think she is watching Celine Dion in concert. I don’t know why I have to sing on most days at 7.30pm in the evening but I indulge them anyway. A short story, a song, prayer, then sleep. When you are done, we will all pray and go to sleep” Hailey clearly gives the sequence of events when I try to send them to slumber land with just a prayer.
