A Mother Asks 'Why'

• Why is it my fault the Sonic coupons are missing?
• Why do I allow myself to feel guilty that my children are being deprived of more sugar and fat for the day?
• Why do they have to put their fingers on the computer screen to play on it? Are they aware that we do not have an interactive screen?
• Why must any venture outside include a tromp through the mud and a collection of grass clippings?
• Why (and since when) are all of my belongings community property? Will I ever get any of them back in the same condition that I last saw them?
• Why do small people who make me this insane also make me weak-kneed, goofy, in love with them?