My friend Nancy just sent this to me, and it was too cute not to add to my blog. I checked the web, and it looks like public domain — it’s on several websites, including Sweet Thoughts for the Soul (which actually has several funny poems and stories for moms.)

“If You Give a Mom a Muffin” is written by Kathy Fictorie, based on Laura Numeroff’s If you Give a Mouse a Cookie. I can totally relate to being easily sidetracked — in fact, that’s what I’m doing now, while I need to go start supper. Hmmm…maybe we’ll have corn muffins.

If you give a Mom a muffin, she’ll want a cup of coffee to go with it.

She’ll pour herself some.

The coffee will get spilled by her three year old.

She’ll wipe it up.

Wiping the floor, she will find some dirty socks.

She’ll remember she has to do some laundry.

When she puts the laundry in the washer, she’ll trip over some toys and bump into the freezer.

Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan dinner for tonight.

She will get out a pound of hamburger.

She will look for her cookbook (101 Things to Make with a Pound of Hamburger).

The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.

She will see the phone bill which is due tomorrow.

She will look for her checkbook.

The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two year old.

She’ll smell something funny.

She’ll change the two year old.

While she is changing the two year old the phone will ring.

Her four year old will answer it and hang up.

She remembers that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee on Friday.

Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.

She will pour herself some.

And chances are…Once she has a cup of coffee…

Her kids will have already eaten the muffin that went with it.