“Hey, Mom, guess what?”
“What?”
“My friend, Steve, was really jerking my chain today?”
“Honey, you shouldn’t say that. Do you know what that means?”
“No.”
“Well…it means…(explain, explain, explain).”
“No, mom. He was sitting behind me in class pulling on my diabetes chain.”
Oops!
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Kathryn Mahoney is a freelance humor writer, author, copywriter, but most importantly, a wife and mother of two beautiful boys. She started this blog to give other moms a place to “escape the chaos” and most importantly…to just LAUGH! To learn more about Kathryn, visit mahoneyink.com.
Cracked at Birth: One Madcap Mom’s Thoughts on Motherhood, Marriage & Burnt Meatloaf (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2005)
See more books Kathryn has contributed to at mahoneyink.com/books/
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