I Am Good

You’re doing it wrong, she said.
I kept doing it my way.
I wouldn’t do it that way, she stated emphatically.
Her reiteration amused me.
She has never had a child, yet she knows how I should raise my six.
Let me show you how to do it, she suggested haughtily.
I’m good, I replied. 
Wondering about her solitary life,
and her all-knowing ways and her expert in child rearing
How does she live by herself, wasting all of this wisdom?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Rigoler Avatar
November 27, 2020 at 3:00 PM
Haha! There's one in every family, close or distant. Great end line too! / Maurice
Bauer Avatar
November 27, 2020 at 1:17 PM
HA! love this, caren! i bet we all know someone like you've described...
Krutsinger Avatar
November 28, 2020 at 2:25 AM
I know at least two of them, one is a very CLOSE relative.
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