Thanks so much to Cathy Abraham for writing these and giving me permission to use them!

WE SOAR WHEN WE SEE A CHILD ‘GET IT’ FOR  THE VERY FIRST TIME

WE  WORRY WHILE  WE DRIVE  HOME ABOUT THAT CHILD THAT JUST SEEMS LOST

NOT MUCH GROSSES US OUT

WE KNOW WHEN IT’S BEEN TOO QUIET FOR TOO LONG AND WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE

WE CAN PRETEND TO BE  INTERESTED IN SLIMEY THINGS – FROM A SAFE  DISTANCE

WE CAN MAKE ALMOST ANYTHING SOUND LIKE A FUN AND INTERESTING CHOICE

WE SAVE BUBBLE WANDS AND THE  LIDS TO DRIED UP MARKERS

WE’VE PERFECTED THE  ‘I  DON’T THINK SO’ LOOK AND CAN GUIDE CHILDRENS’ BEHAVIOR OFTEN WITH JUST A FACIAL EXPRESSION

WE GET EXCITED ABOUT LITTLE  THINGS

WE KNOW THAT A BANDAID DOES MORE THAN JUST COVER A SCRAPE OR CUT

WE SAVE THINGS THAT OTHER  PEOPLE CONSIDER JUNK…  AND WHEN WE  SEE ‘JUNK’ WE  WONDER WHAT CAN WE CAN DO OR MAKE WITH IT

WE KNOW THE  CURRENT MOST POPULAR CHILDREN’S  TELEVISION SHOWS,  BASED MERELY ON THE SHOES THE KIDS ARE  WEARING.  WHO NEEDS NIELSON RATINGS?

WE  WILL PICK  THINGS OUT OF THE GARBAGE FOR OUR SCHOOL,  BUT NOT FOR OURSELVES

WE  RESPOND TO THINGS LIKE: “MISS CATHY!”  BEING YELLED ENTHUSIASTICALLY (AND WITH A DEGREE OF BEWILDERMENT) IN THE  GROCERY STORE

WE  INWARDLY GROAN WHEN A CHILD COMES IN WITH AN ACTION FIGURE, OR WITH McDONALDS BECAUSE  THEY ‘DIDN’T HAVE LUNCH YET’

WE ARE OFTEN HEARD TO SAY THE  PHRASE: ‘USE YOUR WORDS’ AS A MANTRA

WE USUALLY KNOW WHEN PROBLEMS AT HOME HAVE STARTED, EVEN BEFORE A PARENT TELLS US

WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE A BATHROOM ACCIDENT SEEM  LIKE ABSOLUTELY NO BIG DEAL

SOME OF US KNOW WE DON’T LOOK VERY GRACEFUL GETTING UP FROM SITTING ON THE FLOOR ANYMORE,  BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT’S NOT WHAT’S IMPORTANT

WE LOVE VELCRO AND WE LOVE THE DOLLAR STORE

WE  INSTINTIVELY KNOW WHEN A CHILD IS ABOUT TO PUT A SERVING SPOON IN THEIR MOUTH

WE USUALLY HAVE A TISSUE ON HAND

WE GO HOME VERY TIRED AT THE  END OF THE DAY,   BUT USUALLY HAPPY

AS A GROUP,  WE TEND TO HAVE A GENUINE LOVE FOR LIFE AND FUN,  AND  APPRECIATE THAT QUALITY IN CHILDREN.  WE  KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO IS IMPORTANT.

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