...asking "whodunnit" all day everyday and knowing that you're never going to get the answer
...finding stickers all over the furniture and knowing that you didn't give them to your kid, so where are the the dang things coming from?
...reaching under the seat of your car to blindly locate a missing shoe and bringing your hand out covered in peanut butter
...having a child jump on you at church, which forces your gum to fly out of your mouth and into your hair
...and then having to gnaw off an inch-long chunk of your hair with your teeth to get the gum out before you lead the music in primary
...finding surprises in the toilet multiple times a day
...finding surprises on the toilet multiple times a day
...having to make stupid rules like, "No acting like a gorilla!"
...and having to follow up with stupid consequences like, "Anyone who acts like a gorilla will have to write I will not act like a gorilla 100 times
...being asked "Can I make slime?" everyday
...worrying about morals, safety, developmental milestones, manners, health, and work ethic all while beating yourself up because you forgot to put sunscreen on
...having to decide when to smell-check and when to just assume it's dirty
...making eye contact with a dude in IHOP while you're on the toilet because your kid ran out of your stall and through the bathroom door, and that guy's table is right outside
...always being the bearer of bad news. You can't have candy for breakfast! Mermaids aren't real! Yes, you have to have a shot today! You're too tall for the play place because you have been genetically engineered to be six-feet tall by age five! Potato chips are not vegetables! No, you cannot make slime!
I've had that same thought many times about how we as parents always have to be the ones to tell our kids bad news or to tell them no. It's hard sometimes.
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