RULE 40

Life is a pizza

I love my kids. I love reading to them, playing with them, watching them grow up, listening to them talk, teaching them to ride bikes, taking them to the beach, and generally hanging out with them.

Mind you, I hate picking up after them, listening to them squabble, and being spoken to in that dismissive way that only teenagers can really do justice to. But I can’t seem to have the good bits without the picking up, the squabbles and the sharp end of a teenager’s tongue from time to time. I wouldn’t be without them though (most days).

I love pizza too. I love crispy pizzas and I like the soft squishy ones. Any pizza really. I love pepperoni and mozzarella and tomatoes and juicy chunks of ham and piquant capers and crispy ...

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