I'm sure as heck not perfect, either. And I know I haven't always been a perfect mom. I'm sure no one is. I get along very well with my son. He and his father butt heads more, and it's because they're so very alike, but when I tell my son that, he gets so defensive. I wish I'd been lucky enough to have more than one baby so I could see the different personality quirks in them.

One of the unfortunate things my boy seems to have inherited from me is a tendency to be messy and leave things lying around. We're lucky enough to have house help, so it doesn't show too badly here at home. But I already want to apologize in advance to his future wife, who's going to have a major challenge on her hands.