By Teresa | November 24, 2007
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Have you heard about this site, Howmanyofme.com? I just checked it out and was surprised to learn that there are 66 of me.

I wish there really were 66 of me sometimes. Then I could get everything done that I need to, and still be able to do the things that I enjoy as well. One of me could change the stinky diapers, while another could stay up late trying to get my daughter to bed. Another could cook dinner, and yet another could clean up. This could really work out well. I wouldn’t have to do anything around the house that I didn’t want to do. The rest of the mes could do it! I could spend my days reading stories to my daughter and baking cookies with her (nevermind that she isn’t quite a year old yet and is barely standing up!). I could make crafts and read books and watch television shows that aren’t the nightly news.

I wonder if it would eventually backfire, though. I don’t know if the control-freak me would be able to handle someone else doing things, even if it was me doing them. Would I be able to relinquish control, or would the other mes take control, causing a power struggle? How would my husband handle it? Would he really be able to stand having more than one of me around the house? And worse yet, would we all end up getting PMS at the same time?

On second thought, maybe one of me is enough. That way I get to spend both the good times and the not-so-good times with my family. Because it isn’t just the good times that you remember; sometimes the best times are those that might not seem ideal at the time, but are the most special.

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