I have tried to convince myself of this since I was a child. Now, as an adult living with four sticky children, "a wanna be full-time farmer" husband, and a sometimes sticky dog, I still don't believe it.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Grass Might Be Greener
Somedays I'm convinced that it would be much easier to be a stuffed Pioneer sugar beet at the Saginaw Children's Museum.
A runner's creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident - It is as common as life. ~Henry David Thoreau, 11 March 1842, letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a child I would sit on my hands, palm side up, to try to get the sticky off them. This was especially important to do after eating an orange. Then in the next breath I would pour Elmer's glue all over my palm, spread it thinly, and wait for it to dry. Once it was dry I would carefully peel it off and then bury it in the flower pot outside. I've learned to use soap and warm water, my oldest son has a fascination with glue, I still can't find pants that "fit", I would like to burn all socks and bras (except of course those that I wear to run), and if I didn't run everyday I would need to be medicated, heavily, with either Prozac or chocolate. Then I really would have a difficult time finding pants that fit.
3 comments:
Agreed. Do they sell these? Peyton would drag it everywhere!
Hmmm. You'd still be in the vicinity of children. I fail to understand how this life would be better.
Was that in a quiet place in the museum? I can say I have felt like a "beet" lately. - Oh no, that would be I feel like I have been "beat" lately!
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