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Another one for mommies out there

Wet Oatmeal Kisses

The baby is teething. The children are fighting. Your husband

just called and said, " Eat dinner without me. " One of these days you'll

explode and shout to the kids, " Why don't you grow up and act your

age. " And they will. Or: " You guys get outside and find something to

do, and don't slam the door! " And they don't.

You'll straighten their bedrooms all neat and tidy, toys displayed

on the shelf, hangers in the closet, animals caged. You'll yell, " Now I

want it to stay this way! " And it will. You will prepare a perfect

dinner with a salad that hasn't had all the olives picked out and a cake

with no finger traces in the icing and you'll say, " Now this is a meal

for company. " And you will eat it alone. You'll yell, " I want complete

privacy on the phone. No screaming. Do you hear me? " And no one will

answer.

No more plastic tablecloths stained with spaghetti. No more

dandelion bouquets. No more iron-on patches. No more wet, knotted

shoelaces, muddy boots or rubber bands for ponytails.

Imagine...A lipstick with a point. No babysitter for New Year's

Eve, washing clothes only once a week, no PTA meetings or silly school

plays where your child is a tree. No car pools, blaring stereos or

forgotten lunch money.

No more Christmas presents made of library paste and toothpicks.

No wet oatmeal kisses. No more tooth fairy. No more giggles in the

dark or scraped knees to kiss or sticky fingers to clean. Only a voice

asking: " Why don't you grow up? "

And the silence echoes. " I did. "

Nobody is completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example.