grand finale Somebody said Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby Somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, “normal” is history. Somebody said you can’t love the second child as much as you love the first Somebody doesn’t have two children. Somebody said you don’t need an education to be a mother Somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math. Somebody said being a mother is boring Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver’s permit. Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married Somebody doesn’t know that marriage adds a new son- or daughter-in-law to a mother’s heartstrings. Somebody said a mother’s job is done when her last child leaves home Somebody never had grandchildren. —Anonymous Internet postingGRAND JANUARY