Parenting

Parenting is:

* Catching an already eaten breakfast in your hands and on your lap as you try to force medicine down

* Doing seven loads of laundry in one day

* Being used as a trampoline and enjoying it

* Sleeping in a twin bed pinned against the wall with 37 stuffed animals a cell phone, a toy hammer, a pair of mittens, and a copy of Cat in the Hat lodged in your back

* Playing with all the Legos and toy trains you could imagine

* Reading the same book night after night and trying to find ways to make it interesting

* Being able to see where Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on the TiVo at 5:45 in the morning without your contacts

* Grazing from your child's unfinished plate as a your meal

* Melting as soon as your baby coo's at you

* Wondering how long he will ask for "huggers" and "kissers" when you drop him off

* Sleeping with an elbow across your throat

* Wondering if you are a good parent, hoping that you are, and knowing that you are doing your best.