Bathrooms Aren’t Just For Reading

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By Q.J. Brown                          

 

 

 

Bathrooms aren’t just for reading they’re for hiding too!  Or at least I used to think so.  As a single mom of an only child, there were times when my son was a toddler that I just needed a moment to myself.  After the playing, the napping, and the “whatever else I could think of” to enrich my son’s day, there were times when I was exhausted and just needed a moment to regroup.  It was during that time that I would look for a way to escape!  Because I was always fearful of my son accidentally locking himself in a room, I replaced almost all of the doors in our small two-bedroom apartment with knobs that didn’t lock.  The only exception was the bathroom.  In my limited thinking I came to the conclusion that although my son was “my shadow” and would follow me into the living room, the bedroom and wherever else I seemed to go, he surely wouldn’t follow me into the bathroom.  After all, I thought he understood like others do, that the bathroom is for taking baths and other private affairs.  I couldn’t have been more wrong.   Although I usually just needed a few minutes to relax, it never failed that whenever I closed the bathroom door he would immediately start to ask “what I was doing” and if he could come in.  Thinking back to those times, I have to smile.  Even then, the moments brought a smile to my face although I never relented and just replied that I would be out in moments.  Now that my son is a teenager, I no longer have to look for such opportunities.  Because now, since I want more of his time, he seems to be the one that is hiding from me.

 

 

 

 

 

Q. J. Brown is a freelance writer who is enjoying and somehow surviving the ups and downs of being a single mom of a teenage son.  Her hobbies include singing, sewing, and chocolate chip cookie eating.  When she is not indulging in her hobbies, especially the last, she is actively pursuing a higher learning degree in the school of life. 

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