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A joke by Sassafras

A guy went to the doctor and said,
"I think my butt is broken. I fell down pretty hard and now there's a crack in it."

She's so clever.

My grandmother used to say, "Aren't you just so clever?" She would say this when we were extra sassy and she didn't want to say we were being a smartass. She was nice like that.

I told Sassafras her joke was funny but not to tell it around grown-ups. Was that bad? I kind of think that kids need to have things that are quasi-secrets from adults. I don't want my kids to think I'm all over them all the time. That they can have their space, but that I'll be there for them if they need me.

I know an amazing mom who raised her kids alone. They were really wild as teenagers. Oh you had a wild period when you were a teenager? Well multiply that by 100 and these kids were that bad. Not mean, they just made terrible choices. OK, so I was there too sometimes, but I'm not judging, just trying to explain. So anyway, they were very naughty. And this mom just loved them. That's all she could do. She gave them a place to live, she gave them food, she gave them a good example of how to treat others, she gave them her testimony, and she gave them love. So they were naughty for several years. But these kids have all grown up to be really amazing people. Productive, intelligent, caring people.

I was also talking to a friend about their little girl who wouldn't take off her favorite dress for a week straight. Now if she was my little girl, I would have wrestled the dress off her and thrown her into a tub. Or maybe into the tub WITH the dress on. But what would that have proven? That I didn't respect her or her body. And that I was bigger so that made me the boss. Not such a good thing to teach a kid.

So what I'm trying to say is that I really think the best way to raise kids is with love and respect. These two moms both have kids that make them crazy sometimes. And that's OK. Those kids KNOW their moms love them. No matter what.

Don't worry MOM, you're my favorite. I just know you don't really like being spotlighted. But just so everyone knows, my mom is awesome. She always works really hard to let us know she loves us. Even though I'm the favorite...

*side note*
the moon will be physically closer to the earth tonight than it usually is. So the moon will look bigger and brighter. And the tides will be higher than normal. So don't go camping on the beach tonight in CA or you may get your jammies wet.