For those about to rock: we salute you.
\nFor those about to sleep: we salute you, too.<\/p>\n
For those whose children are dotted with red marker –but don’t worry, guys, it’s washable, (except I can smell that it’s smelly felts and smelly felts aren’t washable)– we salute you.
\nFor those whose heads are foggy with lack of sleep and clouds of despair: we salute you.
\nFor those who’ve had to work every day but weekends and the occasional holiday since their children were born, meaning they only get the evening and weekend and holiday behavior, meaning they get the grumpy\/tired\/hungry\/sick children end of the stick: we salute you.
\nFor those who still plan holidays, who still come home on evenings and weekends, who do the job, regardless: we salute you.<\/p>\n
For those with hobbies: we salute you.
\nFor those who pay down mortgages: we salute you.
\nFor those who take a deep breath, apologize, and crack a joke: we salute you.
\nFor those who hope for the best: we salute you.<\/p>\n
For those who stick around, even when they don’t want to, ESPECIALLY when they don’t want to: we salute you.
\nFor those who write it down: we salute you.
\nFor those who try to teach instead of judge: we salute you.
\nFor those who know how to do the heimlich maneuver: we salute you.
\nFor those who know how to dance like a hip hop video: we salute you.
\nFor those who can cook for other people: we salute you.
\nFor those who know that laundry needs doing, always: we salute you.<\/p>\n
For those who sing out loud and squint their eyes and play air guitar: we salute you.
\nFor those who belch the alphabet: we salute you.
\nFor those who smile at strangers: we salute you.
\nFor those who know how to end blog posts: we salute you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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