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Ten Things You Should Never Do
By Trish Berg
The older I get, the more I realize that life is worth living and not worth stressing about. Life is too short to get caught up in the daily demands, unpaid bills and clutter that seems to run our lives.
I tend to be a goal oriented person, a worry-wart and neat-freak for sure.
But as I embark on these middle-age years of my life, I am learning how fast the years go by. Just looking at my kids will make me catch my breath on any given day.
So in a live-your-life-in-the-moment kind of way, I wanted to share with you ten things you should never, ever do:
1) Lift up your couch cushions-The crumbs, wrappers, pens, pencils, papers, food, rotten banana peals and whatever else your kids or grandkids have stuffed under there in an attempt to hide it from you, will make you want to lose your lunch for sure. It will, at a minimum, ruin your day. So never, ever, lift up your couch cushions.
2) Let your kids open a new cereal box-No matter what their age, they will inevitably tear the cardboard lid into oblivion so it can never again be tucked under the neat flap to be closed. They will rip open the plastic bag in a rampage and splatter dry cereal all over your kitchen floor. Never, ever, let your kids open a new cereal box.
3) Let your kids dress themselves – Or for that matter, let your husband dress your kids. Either way, they will end up wearing a wool sweater in July, orange shorts and a red t-shirt, rain slicker boots to go to church Sunday morning; clothes they pulled out of the dirty clothes hamper that smell like sweaty feet or Adidas in January with a foot of snow on the ground. I retain eternal veto power on any and every outfit my children wear, though I may have to appeal a few decisions to the Supreme Court. So never, ever, let your kids dress themselves.
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© Trish Berg, 2006-
Trish Berg is author to The Great American Supper Swap, and Rattled - Surviving Your Baby's First Year without Losing Your Cool! She has been a guest ABC World News Tonight, Midday Connection, and The Harvest Show.
She is an internationally known speaker for ministries such as MOPS, Hearts at Home, and in Australia on Parenting Seminars Online. She has written for Today's Christian Woman, MOMSense, CBN.com and P31 WOMAN.
For more information, check out www.TrishBerg.com
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