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That Woman in a Perpetual Rush

Your quintessential middle-class working mom. Who else?!  Let me tell you about mine. Not going to be easy, considering this woman has multiple personalities. I would have been under the impression that there are at least four identical women who take turns lovingly feeding me, ordering me around, giving me a scolding and taking me on a guilt trip. I have, however, seen this singular person change personalities in front of my eyes, so rest assured there is just this one woman who changes personalities as effortlessly as she changes pillow covers. My mother may have many personalities, but there is one thing common to all mothers. They do not have time, nor patience. You want patience? Well, that is what dads are for. When the Creator made the universe, they looked at every problem, big and small, and decided to give us a mother to solve them all. Maybe they did not have the time to devise a solution for every problem. Maybe they did not have the patience to bother. Or maybe, she ...