Is it just me......

......or would life without kids be boring?

I know.  I complain a lot of the time, and wish for more sleep, more room in my bed, time to myself, a shower in peace with the curtain shut, etc.

But, for some reason, tonight I had an epiphany. 

Life without kids would suck.

Imagine coming home from work..........to nothing.  Or worse. A snoring husband passed out on the couch because he is now able to hit happy hour at the bar each night after work.

Imagine waking up in the morning..........to nothing.  No kisses, hugs, morning romps on the bed with the kidlets.  No one screaming for you to get up and make them Spongebob shaped pancakes.

Imagine the holidays.  No Santa, no toys under the tree just waiting for that special someone to open them with wide eyes and glee.  No Easter bunny or tooth fairy.  No anticipation. 

Imagine dinner time.  No conversation.  No milk out the nose as they laugh and snort.  No one to curl up on your lap and share your dessert. 

I just can't imagine life without the joy the kids bring.  To get to watch them discover new things.  That first snow.  Or the first time they see mountains.  Or even the first time they taste something hot, like cocktail sauce, and their little noses shrivel up as they scream for juice. 

I just can't imagine. 

Now git, go kiss your kids.  I am going to take a page out of Stink's book and slobber on mine. 

Comments

[Jonny's Mommy]

Last night I was flipping channels after my kid fell asleep on my lap. No matter where I turned there was something on about a child dying. I'm not kidding. I felt like I was in a nightmare. One boy in a movie drowned. Another was a true story about a girl with cancer who died. She was amazing...it was crushing. I just couldn't take it anymore and I was shaking and about bawling. All I could think was "what if he wasn't here?" He drives me crazy, I joke about it, I laugh at his antics and sometimes want to pull my hair out...but if he wasn't there with his daddy when I got home today ... I don't know what I would do. Can you tell I liked this post?

[debbie]

Our closest friends are childless by choice. And no, I cannot imagine. They will be so lonely when they are older.

[Chris]

Wow!!! That post was pure awesomeness!!!