I used to zigzag through downtown streets as cars whizzed by without a worry in the world. Now, I can't bring my heels from holding the curb during red lights — even when oncoming traffic is more than a few feet away. Usually, I wait until the light flashes for pedestrians and proceed between the lines of the crosswalk. My single friends tease me that I'm a shell of who I once was, playing it safe, wasting time in the hustle and bustle of life. But, I can't bring myself to dash any more because I am more careful — I'm a mom. And, I can't get run over because my husband hasn't figured out how to style our daughter's hair and my son sometimes wakes up and needs me in the middle of the night.
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You Know You're a Mother When: Jaywalking
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Totally. I always thought my friend with children was obsessed with worrying about dying for selfish reasons until I had children and instantly realised I hadn't *really* cared about it. Now I care. And stories like Jade Goody & Natasha Richardson absolutely break my heart.
1I've always been fairly cautious but my husband has been hit so hard by this. Sometimes he is so overly cautious that he makes me laugh a little.
2better off to be a few minutes late for a meeting rather than a few minutes early for death. driver's aren't watching and they are going too fast ... it's too easy to be hit.
3Nice to hear you have changed your ways. I wish I could say the same for the dude I saw jaywalking in the middle of a busy four-lane street last weekend — with his kid who looked to be about 4.
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