Comments on: White Lies http://www.writingmamas.com/2009/03/why-moms-must-lie-to-survive/ When you are a mother, you have a lot to write about Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vimala http://www.writingmamas.com/2009/03/why-moms-must-lie-to-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-85 vimala Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.writingpapas.com/?p=777#comment-85 here's a lie:<br/><br/>i remember telling my daughter that it said on the box her new Barbie-ish plastic shoes came in that "running is STRICTLY forbidden." Her eyes opened wide.<br/><br/>she clopped around for a few days in those things repeating, "running is strictly forbidden." <br/><br/>i love the power of language. I needed say no more! <br/><br/>v. here’s a lie:

i remember telling my daughter that it said on the box her new Barbie-ish plastic shoes came in that “running is STRICTLY forbidden.” Her eyes opened wide.

she clopped around for a few days in those things repeating, “running is strictly forbidden.”

i love the power of language. I needed say no more!

v.

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