Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for November 02, 2024

Said like every 13 year .

Opportunity is going to be knocked on her back side here shortly

Her Mom is a widow. As fate could have it, Holly could be an orphan at any unforeseen moment. At least she wouldn’t have to worry about boredom.

Oddly enough, none of us asked to be born.

Holly is in for a very rude awakening.

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dump a load of dirty laundry on her and tell her get to work.

Holly may not have “asked” to be born, but like most babies, she fought her way out into the world. Her argument does not apply!

“I’d be more than happy to return you to the ether whence you came, Holly.”

“And if you had, the answer would have been no.”

Well, she can think and expect in one hand, and poop in the other. Let’s see which hand fills up first.

Wonder how long it took to extract the foot from her butt.

You’ll be in your room, and I’ll call you when dinner’s ready.

Maybe.

Typical teenager-itis: wanting the world on a string and making no contribution to earn it.

The old joke they had on Benny Hill: “You didn’t want to stay where you were did you?”

For that matter… her Mom didn’t either!! So what does that get you!