NT Before and After Children

[kcjenkins]

BEFORE Children: I was thankful for the opportunity to vacation in exotic foreign countries so I could experience a different way of life in a new culture.

AFTER Children: I am thankful to have time to make it all the way down the driveway to get the mail.

BEFORE Children: I was thankful for the Moosewood Vegetarian cookbook.

AFTER Children: I am thankful for the butterball turkey hotline.

BEFORE Children: I was thankful for a warm, cozy home to share with my loved ones.

AFTER Children: I am thankful for the lock on the bathroom door.

BEFORE Children: I was thankful for material objects like custom furniture, a nice car and trendy clothes.

AFTER Children: I am thankful when the baby spits up and misses my good shoes.

BEFORE Children: I was thankful for my wonderful family.

AFTER Children: I am thankful for my wonderful family.

[Ray in Ohio]

BEFORE Children: I knew exactly how to raise them.

AFTER Children: I am learning as we grow.

[Booger]

Be nice to your kids....they are the ones picking out

your nursing home.

Booger

[Kea]

KC -

I am a very big Douglas Adams fan - have been for over 25 years. He has many quotes that make good signature lines.

[Pacun]

"KC

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams"

The universe is the playground where the US practices its shooting skills when spy "ducks" don't function anymore.