SOMEBODY SAID...
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after
you've had a baby ...somebody doesn't know that once you're a parent, normal is history.
Somebody said you learn how to be a parent by instinct .....somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a parent is boring ...somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Somebody said if you're a "good" parent, your child will "turn out
good"...somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
Somebody said "good" parents never raise their voices .....somebody
never came out the back door just in time to see their child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a parent... Somebody never helped a fourth grader with their math.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the
first...somebody doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a parent can find all the answers to their child-rearing
questions in the books .....somebody never had a child stuff beans up
their nose or in their ears.
Somebody said the hardest part of being a parent is labor and delivery ..somebody never watched their "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten ... or on a plane headed for military "boot camp"
Somebody said a parent can do their job with their eyes closed and one hand tied behind their back ...somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
Somebody said a parent can stop worrying after their child gets married ...somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a parent's heartstrings.
Somebody said a parent's job is done when their last child leaves home ..somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said your parent knows you love them, so you don't need to tell them ....somebody isn't a parent.
What do you think?
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Fistandantalus Jun. 7, 2008 at 6:51 PM