A few weeks ago I posted on Facebook that one of my many maternal duties is to eat the ends of bread loaves. Nobody likes the crusty ends but mothers tend to be less selective. When we eat them we rationalize the experience with the well known "we-should-not-waste-any-food" mantra. We also think "I have to set an example for the children" or "If I eat them eventually they will realize these are not so bad and eat them themselves" Of course that NEVER happens. So the end result is a gaggle of chubby mothers who think they are pretty smart because they have conspired against children by eating their leftovers.
Since then I've been thinking, what else? What else is a purely maternal duty? Here is my list:
1) Give birth - but you already knew that.
2) Make sure the resident XYs have wearable underwear and socks
3) Purchase the household shampoo and conditioner
4) Buy stuff and pack school lunches
5) Keep track of the toilet paper
6) Supervise the lights and darks sorting task of laundry (lest this mishap end in pink underwear)
7) Find STUFF! All stuff, general, every day, easy to find, STUFF! JUST STUFF!
8) Buy the corner thingies that keep sheets in place
9) Bring wine and cheese for all other mothers who frequent the school's lost and found bin. We have become very close.
10) Go around the house carrying loads of environmental guilt and turning off unused lights and electronics in order to preserve some kind of liveable planet for our children's children.
11) Crawl through car trunks - ok maybe that one is just me.
Go ahead, feel free to contribute your own. I am sure I have missed a few.
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