You know how every parent ends up saying something without thinking and then being totally surprised about what came out of their mouth? Like, you swear you are never going to say, "Because I said so, that's why!" and then when you do, it's sort of startling, but also really satisfying. You've finally accepted your role as a real parent, and joined that elite group of half the population that needs to finally just say something and have it be the end of the conversation.
Or sometimes you end up saying something and suddenly you realize that you have turned into your mother or your father? Well today I said something that I have no doubt has been said by countless parents, but it is certainly something I never heard growing up, and I have never said before. It went a little something like this,
"Hey! No fighting by the top of the stairs!"
What? I mean, it's good advice, but not something I imagined myself saying when I envisioned myself as a parent.
1 comment:
Hey! It makes sense to me!
We don't say prayers at lunch!
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