My Super Power

          I love asking children what their super power would be if they could choose one. Without a bit of hesitation, it’s ALWAYS to fly. As we get older, our minds undoubtedly change, in our teen years it is to be invisible or to shape shift, and as adult women I think most of us would choose to read minds. Yes, you’d get the good with the bad and quite frequently you’d hear what everyone thinks of you, but imagine how this would make life at home so much easier. Here are some examples:

Me: “Good morning puppies (yes, I talk to my dogs), are you going to clean the house today while I’m at work?”

Dogs: “Hell no, we are going to sleep on the couch, raid the kitty litter box, and then maybe pee in a hidden spot so you step in it when you get home because we’re mad at you and we think it’s funny.”

In this specific case, after reading their little dog minds, they would be put in their pen outside and away from any source of potential trouble until I arrived home.

Me: “Ben, what do you want for dinner tonight?”

Ben: “No, I don’t want dinner.”

Now, if I was reading his mind, I would know that he wanted to continue playing outside and in his 3 year old mind he’s never tired, never hungry, but that he’ll want to eat 2 bunless hotdogs, bbq potato chips, and milk…in 10 minutes.

And lastly…

Me: “Hey Adam, what do you want to do this weekend. We finally have a free weekend with no plans!”

Adam: “I don’t care.”

Now, without going into specific detail about what my husband is really thinking, I’ll just say that he does actually care and I should give him at least one of the two weekend days to work in the garage or go spend a lot of money at Menards! In today’s world, I think so many of us that should be capable of verbally communicating our feelings have lost the ability, or have never been taught.  Even though my child isn’t quite 3, and my husband just turned 35, I urge them to talk to me about how they are feeling. Happiness, sadness, and anger. We talk about what caused these feelings. I do not claim to be the perfect parent, and parenting is definitely a “learn by your mistakes” type of skill that is probably never perfected, but I do try to do what I think is best, as a wife and a mother. We all know that being a wife, or girlfriend to a man is very similar to parenting at times (just a shot in the dark that most ladies will agree with me on this one!).

Imagine now if our men had the ability to read our minds! Most of the time I think this would work out to our advantage, most of the time!

Adam: “What do you want to do this weekend, Jody?”

Me: “I don’t care.”

He would know that I actually do care, and what I really want is to have a romantic weekend and rent a romantic comedy to pop in after the kiddos go to bed! We’re guilty of it to, sometimes! Life would probably be much easier if everyone could read everyone else’s minds…but since it’s a long time out for most of us, maybe we should just practice the communicating a little more!