Fw: Mothers

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Here's for all the stay at home moms on the list.

J.C.

Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 11:30 AM

Subject: Mothers

> > >>

> > >> One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his

> > house.

> > >> His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in

> the

> > >> mud with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front

> > yard.

> > >> The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the

> > house.

> > >>

> > >> Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had

> > been

> > >> knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the

> > front

> > >> room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room

> > was

> > >> strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen,

dishes

>

> > >> filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, dog food

> > was

> > >> spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small

> > pile

> > >> of sand was spread by the back door. He quickly headed up the stairs,

> > >> stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife.

He

>

> > was

> > >> worried she may be ill, or that something serious had happened. He

> > found

> > >> her lounging in the bedroom, still curled in the bed in her pajamas,

> > >> reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day

> > >> went.

> > >>

> > >> He looked at her bewildered and asked, " What happened here today? "

She

>

> > >> again smiled and answered, " You know every day when you come home

from

>

> > >> work and ask me what in the world I did today? "

> > >>

> > >> " Yes " was his incredulous reply.

> > >>

> > >> She answered, " Well, today I didn't do it. "

> > >>

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