1. Write a blog post in exactly 13 lines.
Me: Kainoa, go to bed.
Kainoa: Ughhhhh…just a minute I need to finish this.
Me: (five minutes later) Kainoa, go to bed.
Kainoa: I’m almost done hold on!!
Me: (five minutes later) Kainoa go to bed.
Kainoa: Mom, what do you think the best and worst part of living away from your parents are?
Me: Kainoa, just go to bed.
Kainoa: Just what do you think the best and worst parts are!?
Me: This is where you say the best part of living alone is getting to stay up as late as you want, now go to bed.
Kainoa: And what is the worst part?
Me: You have to pay for everything and work and clean and cook and pay taxes.
Kainoa: I can’t wait to grow up so that I can stay up as late as I want, eat whatever I want, and go to jail since that’s where I’ll end up.
It’s good to have goals! He’s destined to impress us as an adult when he sets his this low.
John Holton says
I had that discussion with my mother when I was 11, too. Like I said, it gets better from here.
Traci says
I tried to link up my blog post today but I keep getting an error.
https://cookingwithtraci.com/2019/06/30/a-little-kindness-helps/
My youngest can’t wait until he moves out. Meanwhile my oldest wants to live at our house until he is no longer on our insurance.