Perspective - It's all how you look at it

Sixteen year olds don't
  - need their bottom wiped
  - cry when they skin their knees
  - ask me to hold their boogers (yeah, no kidding) (wish I were)
  - need their food cut into small pieces
  - get lost in the department store
  - color on my freshly painted walls
  - wipe snot on my clean pants
  - cry until their favorite bedtime blanket is found
  - sneeze in my face
  - want to read the same book every night at bedtime
  - spill their milk then use it like finger paint
  - need their shoes tied, and retied, and retied
  - say "MOM" a million times a day
  - repeat the same request a hundred times in a row


BUT WAIT..........


Three year olds don't
  - ask for the keys to the car
  - ask me for money
  - hide their report card
  - call me names when I'm not around
  - argue about the too short skirt I don't like them wearing
  - drink out of the milk jug
  - eat enough food each day for a small army
  - ask me to drop them off two blocks from their destination
  - sneak around to go see "that boy"
  - get embarrassed when I kiss them in public
  - borrow my clothes without asking
  - forget to do their chores




BUT WAIT...........

Sixteen year olds don't

  - color me pictures
  - hug me with sheer abandon because I've been gone all day
  - kiss me goodnight
  - tell me I'm their best friend
  - think I'm the best PBJ maker in the whole world
  - know I can fix ANYTHING just because I'm mom
  - want to bring their friends in the house to meet me
  - let me pick their outfits to wear to school
  - let me put cute ponytails in their hair
  - fight to sit by me in public places
  - want to read together
  - make me turkeys shaped like their hands



BUT WAIT.........


Three year olds don't

  - ask me for advice
  - get straight A's
  - manage to work and go to school at the same time
  - introduce me to their friends
  - help with work around the house
  - ask how my day has been
  - write essays in class about how great their mom is


I guess it doesn't really matter what age they are, they are all wonderful.  Kids, what a blessing.....and what fun.