1.       Excel spread sheets

2.       Doctors who want you to make an appointment to discuss your test results

3.       That book The Giving Tree (She let him CHOP HER DOWN and still the little bastard wasn’t satisfied… Not really. )

4.       That book The Runaway Bunny (Mother, is there no escape??)

5.       Short cops who pull you over when there is no one else on the road

6.       Anesthesia

7.       Power in the hands of people whose minds are uniformed by their hearts

8.       Downhill skiing

9.       Cancer

10.   Men who wink

11.   Being asked a question I can’t answer when I’m supposed to be an expert on the topic

12.   An unopened envelope from the magazine where I sent my story

13.   Uncaged rodentia

14.   Hearing my gynecologist say, “Oh. My. Hmmm.” While doing my pap smear.

15.   Guns in the hands of someone whose language I don’t speak (Even when English is their first language)

16.   Knowing there are children seeing terrible things that I can’t save them from

17.   Cook books

18.   Doing a 180 on an icy road

19.   Turning around to discover someone videotaping me

20.   Splash Mountain

21.   Any adult voice on the phone that says, “Are you [my daughter’s name]’s mother?”

22.  Seeing someone fall

23.    Not being able to reach one of my kids when they are more than a half hour late

24.       Shopping for a bathing suit

25.       Men who silence their girlfriends with a quick look