Virginia Woman Wins Mother of the Year Award in Landslide Victory
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2009
by Myla Madson
Myla Madson.com
Myla Madson was recently named 2008 Mother of the Year, and is already campaigning for the repeat in 2009. A statement released earlier by Ms. Madson stated that she was unaware she had even been nominated and that the award had come as a complete, but certainly not shocking, surprise to her.
She was notified of her victory on December 25th, 2008. Contest officials had cleverly hidden her trophy amongst the Christmas presents beneath the family's tree. Our reporters were still asleep at 4 AM when Ms. Madson unwrapped the award, but her ten year old daughter caught the exciting moment on film, or at least what appears to be the exciting moment. Our Photoshop crew is hard at work rebuilding the top of Ms. Madson's head and the pictures should be available in the coming months.
We understand that the newly crowned Mother of the Year put her trophy immediately to good use, and, citing the early hour of the official presentation, drank coffee out of it instead of champagne.
One of the most amazing aspects of this story, aside from the graciousness in which Ms. Madson seems to be handling her victory, was the fact that she won the award in a landslide, receiving 75% of the popular vote.
There are no official reports on the number of voters who made it to the polls, but estimates put it somewhere around four. Weather may have played a part in the poor turnout, but most believe transportation, restriction and bedtime were significant key factors as well.
Ms. Madson down-played voter turnout and was instead concentrating on passing legislation to have the name released of the voter who kept her from receiving a unanimous decision, in hopes, she says, of ensuring a repeat victory in 2009.
Privacy issues and voting laws aside, Ms. Madson intends to uphold the office of Mother of the Year with dignity, honor and extreme worthiness.
Although there have been numerous reports of others claiming to have won Mother of the Year awards in undocumented elections all over the country, Ms. Madson has told us that she will defend the legitimacy of her title and proposes a stroller derby to settle, once and for all, the clear and official Mother of the Year award recipient.
Ms. Madson showed our reporters the well worn bumpers on her child's stroller and said she is a master at "turning you in the corner" if you get in her way. Black Friday, the notorious free-for-all shopping day after Thanksgiving, was a career day for Ms. Madson, taking out numerous competitors at the local Toys R Us, all fighting for a limited number of Wii game consoles.
She had no intention of buying the Wii of course; she was just there for the thrill of competition. Child Protective Services was called in to investigate numerous complaints from angry mothers at the store but had no jurisdiction in the matter once it was discovered there were no actual children in Ms. Madson's stroller, just three fifty pound bags of sand.
The incident was kept from the papers until after the Mother of the Year election results were made official, which has many would be candidates for the award up in arms. Ms. Madson invites them to the stroller derby as well.
Hi Myla.Congrats! You're a sure win for the trifecta.Great fun. You had me chuckling.DianneThanks for the comments Dianne, lol
hi myla,you really felt like going out there, huh?well, you did it, and it came out great. it's so nice to be able to smile.thanks for putting a smile on my face,best regards,sueYou're welcome sue, that is what I try to do with my humor pieces. Glad you like it!
Myla, you would definitely have my vote. :-)Your so sweet Terry, thankyou for reading and commenting. So I can definitely count on your vote next year, right?
LOL....got to give it Myla and her sense of humor...I needed a good laugh today!Glad i was able to make you laugh, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Okay Myla, you not only had me laughing hysterically, I almost swallowed a grape whole!! This was, without a doubt, one of the best articles I have seen yet on SearchWarp yet!! Everything else I have read is extremely good, but this was Exceptional!! I reallly don't know what you do for a business, but if it isn't a reporter for the "Daily Planet", I think this super mom is missing her calling! I wonder what your alias name is........hummmmmm???? I found this very clever, especially the part where there was only four votes, and you wondered who opted out!!! hahahahaha, halairous, witty, funny, oh......and let me know when the stroller derby is taking place....why did I have this visual of you running in high heels, crashing into everybody, with no regard to your own safety??? (That was weird). Still let me know, I will buy tickets!!!! I mean, after all, you DO need to defend your 4 vote title!! Love this through and through!!!! Your friend in pen.....Gary....If there was 10 stars, I would give them all to you!!Thankyou so much for the wonderful comments Gary, and I must agree with you that this was an esceptional piece, ha-ha. I'm glad you get my sense of humor and some of the not so apparent lines that are meant to be funny, if you get it.You always leave such kind comments but you out did yourself this time, I'm flattered you think this is such a good piece amongst all the articles at this find writer's platform. Again, thanks for reading and for the well deserved comments! lol
Hi Myla! You did it again. Though I think we would battle it out well in the stroller-derby :-)Excellent job, great fun and a breath of fresh air. Love ya! TeresaThank you so much for the wonderful comments. It means a lot coming from a pro like you! Have a wonderful day and a super weekend! lol
