Jan
30
The Life Of An Urban Soccer Mom
I love the idea of the urban rebel. The type of person that may have a killer job in the computer industry or something but you’d never know it. You see these people in Los Angeles all the time and I always wonder where they are headed to. Are they going to work or a really awesome rave?
It’s really cool when I see them on the freeway. Of course they are wearing a helmet because they are cool and don’t play games with their lives. They are going down the open road with their laptop computer bags flapping in the wind in a cool designer color or some soft leather or canvas.
As I drive up to them I glimpse design tattoos on his arm that give him just the right amount of flair without being obtrusive. Of course this guy has tattoos, he’s a rebel and he just doesn’t care. He probably bit a bullet while they were inking him.
It would be so cool to ride the open road like that. I’d love to jump on a bike and take off. But then I realize I’d probably too chicken in LA traffic and feel better on a Yamaha ATV. The carpool lane is my home as my car is full of children getting to the next lesson they are scheduled for.
Yet I am a rebel of my own sort, but I have a cause, to raise my kids in this beautiful cement jungle to a place of normalcy. It’s a challenge I have chosen to take and take very seriously. I have my own cool tattoos, but it came out of a cereal box and my kids put in on me upsidown.
My life is not for the squeamish. It takes a lot to do twenty loads of laundry a week and survive with soft skin. I drive on the open road and change lanes with skill to get my kids to guitar practice and dentist appointments. I am always ready with fruit snacks in my bag or an extra pony tail holder in assorted colors should an emergency arise.
Yes we are the fearless mothers of urban America who can bargain with coupons and haggle over extra texting charges. We are trained to wait for hours in our car and know every song of Miley Cyrus. We wait in vigil until our one day of the years we are acknowledge nationally, you call it Mother’s Day, we call it Victory Day. We know our goals, to effective raise children who won’t be annoying to others. We carry ourselves proudly knowing we are doing an important task.
So as I pass the urban rebel in the lane next to me my hats off to him. He lives a life singleness and danger around every corner. With his bag blowing in the wind behind him he secretly knows how tough I am. I lead a life that he would not dare to lead.
Kadhaliye (single) by Urban Unity
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