why can't i be more like you sometimes?

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Of course there are several times we say, "I will NEVER do that like my mother did", or, "I will never treat my child the way my mother treated me", or however you want to say it. BUT are there times you go back and say, "Dang I wish I could do that like my mom used to"? I just caught myself this morning, opening up a new box of cereal, and realizing that EVERYTIME I do, I rip the box top somehow. Can't open a box of cereal very well for heaven's sake. So I said out loud, "When I was younger, the cereal box tops were never ripped like this, why can't I open a box of cereal, Mom never had a problem with this." Made me wonder if something was wrong with me, LOL! I can't cut apples for my son like my mom used to. Does that mean there's a wrong or right way to do it? Doubt it. My mom told me that by the time I noticed how things were done, she had had A LOT of practice at it all. Well I have opened up hundreds of cereal boxes before, so that seems silly, BUT don't cut up apples very often! I eat them whole, but now that I cut them up for my son to eat, well so it takes a little practice! Sometimes things come so easily to mothers, second nature, but other's DO take practice I suppose! LOL! Is there anything you WISH you could do more like your own mother used to? Things you wish you could do for your kids? OR do you just not care and do your own thing? I don't strive to be just like my mother, BUT she was/is a great mother, and sometimes it takes US to become parents ourselves, to truly appreciate what our parents did for us. Even the smallest things like how they used to cut our sandwiches (my son likes them cut into triangles), OR slice a dang apple!