Four Diamond Nine-Patch Blocks

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

Her three-year-old will spill the coffee. She'll wipe it up.

Wiping the floor, she'll find dirty socks. She'll remember she must do laundry.

While putting laundry in the washer she'll bump into the freezer.

Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan supper.

After thawing a pound of hamburger, she'll look for her cookbook under a pile of mail.

She’ll see the phone bill that’s due tomorrow.

She’ll look for her checkbook which is in the purse her two-year-old is dumping out.

She'll smell something funny. She'll change the two-year-old's diaper.

While she’s changing the diaper, the phone will ring. Her five-year-old will answer and hang up.

She'll remember she wants to phone a friend for coffee.

Thinking of coffee will remind her she meant to have a cup.

If she has a cup of coffee, her kids will have eaten the muffin.

- Beth Brubaker