Take a deep breath and count to 10

My mom says this to me at least 3 times a day. It drives me batty! Of course most everything my mom does and says drives me batty, so it begs one to ask why I talk to her so many times a day. Because she's my mom and I love her. We keep each other company. Someday I hope my kids will talk to me three times a day just to talk, and share a goofy thing that happened to them. I hope that I won't drive them batty, but let's be honest here. I'm their mother, and as much as it kills me, I'm my mother. Hopefully my kids will be understanding. Besides when I start driving them batty all they need to do is "take a deep breath and count to 10."