Letter to my children (an excerpt from my book)

Letter To My Children:

All of these many years, you’ve wondered how I knew certain things that you never told a soul. I have my ways of finding out these things. There are strategies that all mothers employ. It is a universal language. There are no barriers between mothers. This universal language that I speak of is called mothers’ intuition. A child does not come equipped with a manual. Although, in all honesty, they should come equipped with an in-depth manual. It would make life so much simpler.

At first, mothers’ intuition is foggy, at best. But, over time, and with much experience, the fog clears and a ray of sunshine lights our path. As the child ages, a mothers’ visibility increases with the passing of time. A mother with a one year-old child has only one foot of visibility. They are so concerned with what’s right in front of their child that they can’t see past that one foot range. But, with a ten year-old child, a mother has a ten foot range of visibility. Not bad. However, when the child reaches the teenage years, the fog sets in again and a mothers’ visibility decreases by fifty percent. Therein lies the truth with what I must tell you. Yes, my dear sweet children, I am a mind reader.

There, I have said it. Now you know one of my most treasured secrets. I will not, by any means, reveal any more secrets; not in this book nor the next. “Why,” you ask. Because, you will be reading this book and every book that I write in the future. How do I know that you’ll read my books? I know this because, I’m going to make you sit down and read every single word on every single page of every single book that I write. Then, I will make you write a book report. Mwah, ha, ha, ha.

I have painstakingly raised four of the most annoying, loving, aggravating, brilliant children on the face of this planet. The least that you can do for me is read my books in which you, my dear children, were the inspiration. For, without the birth of my children, this book would have never been written.

Love,
Mom

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