We celebrated Ryan's birthday at 1 Utama yesterday, dinner finished at 8:30pm and on the way home Funj suggested that we take a drive around too see the lights (the lack of lights rather).  I thought it's a great idea, kids all belt in the and minimal parental work required!!  Then it hit me, that would defeat the purpose wouldn't it?!? burning all that fuel!!  So we drove home straight and funj showered in the dark.

 

Sometimes if we are not careful we can be so consumed with the implementation that we forget the purpose of doing it in the first place. 

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.  ~Peter De Vries

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Mark Twain

"To understand a mother's love, bear your own children."
-- Chinese Proverb

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Lin Yutang