It's official...

Worst mother of the year award goes...to ME!

Evidence presented by the prosecution in the case of 'The Writer' (me) versus the family/mother:

1. Immoral use of Barbie dolls.

2. Lack of interest in picking up kids after school and refusal to turn cell phone on to take calls from aforementioned kids.

3. Dreams in which a long quest to save friends twin baby boys from well-dressed kidnappers results in arrival in an underground lair where the twins are about to be blasted into space in a rocket-What does the Writer do but get distracted when she realizes she is in the HQ of Romantic Times magazine and prefers to take a peek at the conveniently left out review copy for Feb 08, hoping to see her book ratings, rather than save the babies?

4. Maniacal competitive streak that emerged in October 07 when the Writer joined in the RWA Online KIA marathon and tried to out-write everyone else, leading to general rattiness with family, sub-standard cooked meals and 2 completed novels.

5. Refusal to cook Thanksgiving dinner and decision to order it ready-cooked from Marie Callender's and pretend she made it herself.

Case closed.
Writer convicted.
Mother status: to be decided