This made me laugh ...

This story was shared on the Ellen Degeneres Show ...

"We had a 10 year old cat named Jack. Jack was a great cat. The kids would carry him around and sit on him and nothing ever seemed to bother him. He would just hang out and nap on a mat in our bathroom.

Well, we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loves Chapstick. I mean, he LOVES it. He kept asking to use my Chapstick and then losing it. So one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep my Chapstick and explained how he could use it whenever he wanted, as long as he returned it to the drawer when he was done.

Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around, trying to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys were fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I was trying to nurse my little one while attempting to apply some make-up. Everything was a mess and everyone had long forgotten that this was supposed to be a wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally had the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I went looking for Eli. I had searched everywhere and finally rounded the corner to go into the bathroom. There was Eli. He was applying my Chapstick very carefully to Jack's ... rear end.

Eli looked right into my eyes and said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you know that he was right -- their little butts do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind.

The only question I could really ask at that point was whether this was the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind ...

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've been using your Chapstick on the cat's butt."