• “She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.”
• “Mostly to clean the house.”
• “To help us get out when we were being born.”
• “He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.”
• “Magic, superpowers, and a lot of stirring.”
• “God made my mom like me… just using bigger parts.”
• “Clouds, angel hair, everything nice in the world, and one dab of mean.”
• “They started from men’s bones… then mostly string, I think.”
• “Because we’re related.”
• “God knew she likes me more than other people’s moms like me.”
• “My mom has always been my mom.”
• “Probably pretty bossy.”
• “They say she used to be nice.” 
• “His last name.”
• “If he was a crook or gets drunk on beer.”
• “If he said NO to drugs and YES to chores.”
• “My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world.”
• “She got too old to do anything else with him.”
• “Grandma says she didn’t have her thinking cap on.” 
• “Mom, because dad’s such a goofball.”
• “Mom. She sees the stuff under the bed.”
• “Mom has more to do than dad.”
• “Moms work at work and at home. Dads just work at work.”
• “Moms can talk to teachers without scaring them.”
• “Dads are stronger, but moms have the real power.”
• “Moms have magic. They make you feel better without medicine.”
• “Mothers don’t do spare time.”
• “Pay bills all day long.”
What would make your mom perfect?
• “Inside she’s already perfect.” 
• “Maybe a diet… and blue hair.” 
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
• “I’d get rid of her thing about cleaning my room.”
• “I’d make her smarter so she’d know my sister did it.”
• “I’d remove the invisible eyes on the back of her head.” 