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I completely agree with the saying, “A mother’s work is never done.”

All too often I hear:

“Mom, come here!”
“Mom, I need your help!”
“Mom, when are we going to eat supper – I’m hungry!”
“Mom, Briar won’t get off the computer!”
“Mom, Brad won’t leave me alone!”
“Mom, I need help with my homework!”

These phrases come at me so quickly and they never stop! At 10 and 12, I know I won’t be hearing these phrases from them much longer. Although I look forward to that day now, I know that when it comes I will miss it.

Besides, “Thanks, Mom!” and “I love you, Mom!” more than compensate for anything else.

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I think it is so great that parents do so many activities with their children – ballgames, dance, clubs, etc. What I don’t understand is – how do they do it? There is so much to get done in a given day: get up at 5 a.m., get ready and get the kids ready to leave the house for school and work, working, errands, picking kids up at 2-3 different locations, get home between 5:30-6, supper, dishes, homework, kids' baths, your shower, go through mail, laundry, tidy up the house – not to mention trying to keep a nearly two year old (in my case) at least a little happy so you can get anything done — by the time this is all done it is getting close to midnight. And then you start it all over again the next day at 5 a.m. And that’s if you can even get this stuff all done. How do you fit anything else in?

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