What caused this?

"Have you figured out what causes that?" is a question I get quite a bit. I have come to hate it. It is supposed to be funny, and of course I shouldn't take offense to it, but it implies that I am either stupid or a whore, neither which are flattering.

Having 5 kids is not a crime against nature or even against the American dream. I truly have to disagree with the 1ny & 2fers (that is what them) who can not seem to understand having more than their little brood. Can you call 1 a brood? Anyway, they look at me with horror in their eyes and offer up that delightful comment. Even more amusing, and I say that with gritted teeth, is the comment, "Gee, you must have your hands full?". Which in polite society is a way of saying, "Gee, can't you keep your legs shut, you rabbit?"

I have even heard as I was leaving the grocery store, "I am glad that isn't me!". Wow! And me with a college education...silly, silly me. If I did not have my little basketball team with me, I would have pimp-slapped her...but then if I didn't, she wouldn't have said it. Yes, I get the irony.

I usually just ignore the really rude people, ignorance is one thing, but you can't cure stupidity. Look who we elected President. Most realize that their hands are full with the kids they have and probably are boggled by the addition of more, so I can let those people slide. I appreciated their comment is more addressed to themselves, realizing that they either wouldn't or couldn't do 5 kids. Don't get me wrong, I am no SuperMom! Hell no. Some days I just get through, some I persevere, some I am amazing, but that is the same with everyone. I am no different, either better or worse than any one person.

God gifted me with these little babies, so He/She must think I can handle it, per the "God gives you what He/She thinks you can handle" quote.

I have come to respect those who have 3 or more, because I know what it takes. You have to be organized and dictatorial, yes I said dictatorial. I have discovered that to make a effective house that runs smoothly and efficiently, someone has to be a dictator. You guessed...I am that person. If you didn't guess it...maybe you haven't met me. I have a strong personality (my husband and friends are probably rolling at that tame word) that seems to work in this envirnoment or maybe I make it work. And since I don't know any other way, then I use what was given to me.

So to all those out there, yes, I do know what causes babies. Yes, we've taken care of that issue, but thank you for asking. Yes, I know I have my hands full, they are my hands. So unless I am asleep or just shuttling other people's children around, then I have a pretty good idea. My shoes, my mile.

So before you insult anyone, walk a mile in their shoes. So that way, you are a mile away, with their shoes.