The Cookie Jar

Kids stuff their little hands in the cookie jar, grab a few cookies when Mom isn’t looking, rush out of the kitchen, leave a trail of crumbs behind, and convince themselves Mom won’t know what they’ve done. But of course Mom knows. She’s Mom. She doesn’t even need to see the crumbs on the counter nor the crumbs on the child’s face nor notice the begging for milk to wash it down let alone the fewer amount of cookies in the jar. She’s Mom. She just knows. In fact, Mom probably knows even before it...