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Always learning

never stagnant

Finding out unknown strengths

or honing previous ones

Time spent

in education

whatever form

is always valuable

Confidence

is the greatest skill of all

Patience is a virtue

and most of the time

I can distract myself

to look like

I am being patient.

But really

enough is enough!

Can you not just call me already!

Baked on

only to be scraped off.

Thought out

up until that point.

Attempting to remember

doesn’t help.

So go with the flow

as the baking goes on.

Just don’t ask

what flavour.

When you care

and can do the punishments

required to motivate the child.

When the atmosphere

is conducive to making

that particular someone

understand

that smoky kitchens

are not what breakfast should be made of.

As thankful as you are

for the burnt food

things need to be cleaned

afterwards!

Getting up

walking around the house

What’s that smell?

and where?

Where is it coming from?

Is it a deposit from an unhappy cat?

but I did their bathrooms last night?

No, not that.

Is it the garbage?

Yes it needs to be taken out

but that is not it.

Huh,

what is that smell?

Oh, wait!

‘sniffs’ the couch blanket.

Found it!

Time for a wash.

And maybe get the teenager that sits here

to do so as well.

The warmer weather

used to mean

getting outside

and visiting friends

and going places

for fun.

Instead

we must stay away

from all the people

who are not in our household

and wave or walk away

so as to not

contract the plague.

Prescriptions issued.

Illegal or street drugs.

Pain relievers.

High or lows experiencing.

Transporting the mind.

Out of body flights.

Managing diseases.

Cleaning out the systems.

Bad or good.

There are drugs for use.

Stranger Danger.

Those are bad kids.

Don’t follow them.

Bad guys will take you.

You’ll never see me again!

Guilt,

Guilt,

Guilt!

Why are you scaring your child?

What happens if you become ill

or get hurt?

What will they do then?

Leave you to bleed?

Teach them instead to always ask you

before they can go with someone else.

Always know who they are with.

If someone offers them candy

they ask you first.

Same with looking for lost dogs

or even petting a dog.

Permission beforehand makes a better style.

Though,

Helicopter parents will never go away.

At least try to allow the child to grow up

guilt free, please!

You know you should care.

That it is important.

But you have no energy

or desire to continue

to keep nagging,

cleaning up after

and in general caring for another human being.

They can feed themselves

now that they are older.

Baths continue to be a fight

so the smell becomes familiar

until eventually it goes unnoticed.

This includes the caregiver.

Should a guest even arrive

outside is the only hosting venue currently available.

It is slow slide

but now a days it does not take much

to start rolling down the inclined hill.