Sometimes moms hear words of wisdom: from other moms, their own moms, or even strangers.
Here’s mine from a Saturday running errands with the kids:
• Before sticking your hand down a garbage can at a local mall food court and asking the cleanup crew to open it for you after your 4-year-old screams, “You threw away my toy,” stick your hand in your pocket.
• Carry hand sanitizer in the car at all times. You never know when you’re going to need it.
• Before heading out of the house, even for five minutes, grab a couple bottles of water. Someone will always say, “I’m thirsty.”
• Someone will also say, “I have to go to the bathroom.”
• It’s impossible to go to a mall with a Lego store without your 7-year-old figuring it out, even if you don’t tell him or plan to go to that particular store. I thought I had it mapped out perfect by avoiding that part of the mall. Then someone walked by with a Lego bag filled with toys.

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