10. To be able to eat a whole candy bar (alone) and drink a Coke without
any “floaters.”
9. To have my 14-year-old answer a question without rolling her eyes in
that “Why is this person my mother?” way.
8. Five pounds of chocolate that won’t add twenty.
7. A shower without a child peeking through the curtain with a “Hi ya,
Mom!” just as I put razor to my ankle.
6. A full-time cleaning person who looks like Brad Pitt.
5. For my teenager to announce, “Hey, Mom! I got a full scholarship and
a job all in the same day!”
4. A grocery store that doesn’t have candy/gum/cheap toys displayed at
the checkout line.
3. To have a family meal without a discussion about bodily secretions.
2. To be able to step on a plane with my toddlers and not have some
pencil-neck-yuppie-geek moan, “Oh, no! Why me?”
1. Four words: Fisher Price Play Prison
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