Karma is a bitch - Marijana Lučić Brailo

• When I did not have my own children, I used to tell my sister when she would yell at her own: “Why don’t you just explain it nicely?” She was obviously waiting for her moment of glory; ten years later, when I was yelling at my own children, she just said: “Why don’t you just explain it nicely?”

• Do you really need a lot of time to fold the laundry? What is that giant stack doing in the room? Ten years later: (see enclosed image)

• What is wrong with these women? When they have two or more children, they immediately cut their hair short. Me after ten years: (see enclosed image)

• I wonder if we do have the possibility to give birth to twins, why don’t we also get four hands?

• With one child, I discovered how much work I can do with one hand, and when I had three, with my teeth.

• To sleep like a baby. Meaning: to not sleep at all.

• There is always butter in the refrigerator. It serves as first aid for injuries.

• Getting up at 4 or 5 in the morning just to drink my coffee and read a couple of pages before the crew wakes up.

My mum’s pieces of advice:

(Only the first one has been taken)

• When you come home from work, take some time to rest. Ten minutes. Then pick up your kids from day care.

• When leaving the house, make sure everything is tidy.

• While doing one thing, let the other thing do itself. For example, while preparing lunch, let the washing machine do the laundry.

• You can easily see when something ironed is wrinkled, and when something already wrinkled is wrinkled.

• Do not let everybody know you.

• Do not climb a branch on which you cannot stand.

• You will see when you have one of your own (children).

• Be graceful.