And the Bad News is: There's no Known Cure
This week, this column is going to take on a serious side. Every mother will probably with one, two or maybe all of the abilities and disabilities that and kids have. There is no known cure for these aggravations, so a mom has to and bear it and try not to lose her cool.
First on the list is, “helpless-itis.” this is a rare, but never fatal, disability that enables husbands and kids to open cupboard doors and drawers, but prevents them from closing them. They can also pull the chair away from the table, sit down, get up, and leave the chair in the middle of the room. Also attributed to this disability is, they have the strength to open the pantry, eat the last cookie, and then suddenly find themselves too weak to throw the empty package away.
Second is the “I don’t know” syndrome. This is most often found in kids. This happens when mom asks them if they know where something is, they shrug their shoulders and say, “I don’t know.” Seems the two most common items that they don’t know about, are scissors and scotch tape. After looking in every drawer and closet that I could think about, trying to find a pair of scissors, and hearing a couple of I don’t knows. I decided to look in Amy’s closet and there they were, three pair of scissors among her teenage treasures, tucked away for safe keeping,
Teenage girls have an ability other than a disability when it comes to clothes. A keen sense of color. They can open their closet, look at the clothes that you bought a couple of months ago, not see the color of the month, (that’s the color most seen in Joslins, during any given month), then declare. “I don’t have anything to wear.” All the pink and lavender that they couldn’t live without a few months ago, are out of style now, it has to be aqua or it’s not fit to wear.
Little boys have a good answer that helps us through the days too. It is “I did.” This is the basic answer for most questions concerning responsibility. “Did you put your clothes in the clothes hamper?” The answer is. “I did.” When you look at the hamper, you know he did, the clothes are always hanging over the side and the lid is open. “Did you clean your room?” The answer “I did.” When you walk into the room it does look a little better because everything is pushed under the bed or thrown into the closet and all the little pieces of paper and crayon wrappers are stuffed into the dresser drawers. Then there is the question “did you brush your teeth?” Again the answer is. “I did.” This is the easiest one to check one, when you see more toothpaste in the bathroom sink than is left in the tube, you know he has brushed his teeth.
Husbands have the most serious disability of all. That’s the inability to distinguish 6 p.m from 6:30 p.m. When they say they will be home at 6 o’clock and supper is ready to put on the table at exactly 6:00, they walk in the door at 6:30.
It’s certain all these little aggravations have been around a lot longer than we have. But with all the modern medical technology we have today, why is there still, no known cure?
