My sister is smarter than she looks.
I was talking to her on the phone one recent
afternoon, when her daughter started screaming in the background.
“Just one sec,
sis,” she says.
“Hey, silly
girl,” she whispers to her beloved oldest child, “you forgot - it’s No Yell Sunday”.
“What is No Yell Sunday?” I solicit curiously.
Well, it
seems my sis got a little frustrated one afternoon. After a day of endless fighting,
infinite clutter, regular back talking, and continuous lying she called a
family meeting.
At some point
during this attempt to reduce some of the craziness in her life, a remarkable
idea was born; Days of the Week. Oh,
this is not a average days of the week transformation. We’re not singing cute
little songs around here. This is a serious and momentous thing. Life altering!
Are you
ready? Here it is:
No
Yelling Sunday
No
Fighting Monday
Pick Up
After Yourself Tuesday
No Lying Wednesday
No Back Talking Thursday
No Name Calling Friday
No Whining Saturday
I praise her cleverness, “You are one
smart cookie!”.
At that very
moment, in the background, I hear my dearest niece quietly calling her brother
a jerk.
“Well, it
isn’t No Name Calling Friday,” My
very witty Sister declares laughing.
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