As a mom of six, I wear lots of hats.  One is mom, but I?m also a kids fiction author, an essay and poetry writer, an editor and a ghostwriter. But it?s my mother hat that seems to come with a whole slew of secondary hats. Here are just a few of them:
1. Lunch Lady
Two days a week I pack all the lunches (Husband takes the other three days, according to our well-oiled schedule), because no matter how passionately I encourage my sons to do it on their own, they are so completely inefficient at knowing what to pack?despite being the ones who actually eat the lunch?that they are annoyingly wasteful. Is it really necessary to pack an entire container of almonds when you?ll only have time to eat a handful"
2. Light Fairy
I have nagged my sons (and Husband) incessantly for years about turning off the lights when they leave a room, but every time I emerge from my home office for some water, guess what?s blazing. The lights. I will dutifully (but not uncomplainingly) turn them off, get myself a drink, and go back to my office only to see them blazing again. My sons claim it?s not them. They must be right; we live with a ghost. 3. Nose Wiper
It doesn?t matter if Husband is the parent on duty, my little ones will come to me for nose wiping?with the smallest sheet of toilet paper or tissue they can find. Sometimes they?ll come without a tissue?they don?t want nose wiping, just a soggy hug, and I will have the grand privilege of wearing their snot for the rest of the day. It?s a ...