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mother’s house is special. At mine it is “do we have to have this again?”
Life at die other mother’s house is a continuous whirl of activity for kids, I am told. She (dans' picnics and ball games and hosts a season of slumber parties. So how can I possibly complain about Bullet Katz and his BB gun spending the night?
The other mother is said to be immaculate, so it really doesn’t figure that her children are slobs. They are allowed to wear the same blue jeans for a month and sleep in their shirts, and although they were bom with ears, nobody could tell it today, since haircuts are not required. And they can chew gum whenever they choose.
Bedtime doesn’t exist at the “other mother’s” house. Her children stay up until they are tired, because they know what is best for them. My children do not think they get tired. They unicycle down the hall at 10 p.m. and pin each other with half nelsons at 11. Only I get tired.
The other mother is groovy. I am square.
The other mother is also elusive. I thought the other mother was Billy’s mother. When I met Billy’s mother, I realized that the other mother must be Johnny’s mother, but after meeting her I knew it must be Frank’s mother. Then I got the biggest surprise of all - they thought the other mother was me.
Reprinted in “AWARE” by permission from The Christian Science Monitor, 1980, The Christian Science Publishing Society, All rights reserved.
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