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“Block time is done, Antonio. Time to clean up,” Mom says. And he replies, “I got some tiny widdle bwass knuckles that say I keep pwaying, Mama.”
Refrigerator, helicopter, lawnmower, tiger parent…there are all kinds of terms for parenting styles. But don’t be too quick to label and judge. But look at that little cherub up above and ask yourself, “Could I really do better?”
It’s going to take this young artist a long time to preview himself in a beard, but consider this:
Just because it’s new, doesn’t mean it’s progress.
1I know what it means: it’s when you look in the mirror and quickly say, “I look smashing2!” and walk away satisfied.
2 Say, “look smashing,” then “looksmaxxing.” Haw, haw, haw. Now your day is better.
A good friend tells you when you’ve had too much to drink; a true friend holds your hair while you barf because you didn’t listen to them.
When I was a kid, I was crap in school. Then in grade 7, I turned things around and received a dictionary for my efforts. Inside, it read:
Most Improved
Thomas Kerslake
I guess there were three or four other Thomas Kerslakes skulking around that I never saw. Still, it’s better than that one kid whose dedication said, “Best in show.”
