For a woman without children, let me just say that you did an exceptional job.  You weren't phased when the alarm accidentally went off and the sirens sounded outside the house and the police arrived all at the same time that you were getting Martin off the bus.  When I didn't answer my cell phone, you figured out where I was and had someone at the hospital track me down.  Very detective of you.  I think that you've been watching just the right amount of crime and prison shows, they've given you extraordinary tracking skills.  You managed to make dinner and give the kids baths and get them to bed, even making it through Martin's meltdown over using the towel that was for "decoration only".  Everyone stayed in their own beds through the night, which is more than I can say most mornings.  You doled out cough medicine to the one who needed it and then you got everyone off to their respective schools with only one meltdown over which show to watch in the morning.

There are a lot of little things and a handful of big things that go into mothering every day, and you handled all of them without me even telling you where I keep the booze. 

I can't thank you enough.

jennie