There's No Taking Mom's Place

If for one week each man could be mother, then men might think as mothers think. Could you stand the life Say of being your own wife? Dirty dishes do not belong in the sink. For one week, all men should run the home; trade places with the cook for a real trip. Think of planning every meal, mashing potatoes with no peel. Did you fix the faucet that’s started to drip? You’d change the beds and clean the clothes, of rust, blood, and ink there’d be no trace. Be a mind reader at times solving children’s crimes, you’d show your children God and his grace. Part magician, part clown, part traffic cop, you’d give birth, nurse all who need care. Respond to each cry, answer every “why?”, know how to get bubble gum out of hair. Of the women I’ve known who’ve been mothers by men they can’t be supplanted. Trade-offs are fun to ponder and can make us wonder why on earth men take mothers for granted.