Nothing too earth shaking or ground breaking tonight. Just this video clip of an Extra Gum commercial.
It does come with a warning, however.
It made me cry.
Yup. You read that correctly. A gum commercial. Made me cry.
Gum is minty and bubbly and happy and in no way a tear-provoking product. Yet I cried.
"Parent"dox.
So, with that said, enjoy this lovely little video "parent"dox tonight.
(Spoiler alert...watch the video before you read the rest of the post below if you don't want to have any part of the video, well, spoiled...)
Maybe it's just me.
Maybe I'm a little over emotional in general (insert husband silently nodding here...).
Maybe it's because I just sent my own kids to kindergarten and preschool last week and it seems like they're growing up at the speed of light.
Maybe it's because my own Dad was the one who sent me this video.
Whatever it was, I watched it and it made me happy and sad and all sorts of other crazy emotions all at the same time.
And it made me cry.
Bottom line, though, it made me so very thankful to be a parent. Thankful for all of it...for the little moments, the big moments, the fun moments, the hard moments, and everything in between.
I'm thankful that I get to be there for it with my kids.
It was a good reminder for me to focus on really being there in the day to day, even if it's with something as seemingly small as a gum wrapper.
[Just as a sidenote, the box falling over and opening at the end totally got me. I maybe should have put an extra warning about the whole possibility of tears thing for Dads of daughters, and an extra EXTRA warning for anyone who sent their child off to college in the last few weeks. Sorry about that.]
What were your thoughts on this gum commercial? Do you have any other commercials that make you cry? Do you get more emotional about commercials or movies or TV shows since you've become a parent?
Even if a gum commercial can make you cry, You Are a Good Mom.
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bawling! oh my goodness gracious me o my! Noah is a junior this year and I'm a wreck...where does the time go and do all the little things really matter. have you seen the You tube of time lapse of the girl growing up...grab your kleenex! thanks for sharing this. xoxo Sheila
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check that one out...with Kleenex in hand, of course! :)
DeleteFrom now on, I am going to load up on some Extra gum.
ReplyDeleteThen I think their marketing campaign was successful. :)
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