If you really want to show your appreciation for the most special woman in your life, here are a few things she really wants this year.
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For showering children to remember the importance of shampoo and soap, not just water.
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For lunchboxes to be unpacked after school. If you can't make this happen every day, please, for the love of god, at least make it happen on Friday.
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For the male family members to focus on aiming while in the bathroom.
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For hands to be washed after using the bathroom.
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For those clean clothes that are nicely folded and sorted into organized piles to actually be put away. Like, in drawers and closets.
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For underpants and pants to be separated before being thrown in the hamper.
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For mouths to be closed when eating because apple chewing shouldn't be heard in outer space.
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A clean house... ideally cleaned by someone else.
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A personal chef, even just for a day.
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For the people in our home to listen the first time we ask, rather than waiting for "Yelling Mom" to appear.
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Sleep—glorious, long, uninterrupted sleep.
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To cruise around town in a vehicle free of stinky sports equipment, petrified chicken nuggets and 37 half full water bottles.
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Unprompted hugs from the children we love so much. They make our hearts feel full to the point of bursting.
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For those babies of ours, no matter how old they are, to see themselves the way we see them—wonderful, capable and worthy of the best the world has to offer.
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