First law: Every body remains in a state of rest or uniform motion unless it is acted upon by an external unbalanced force.

So that's it....That explains the constant and unending energy of motherhood. As a mother you probably understand the relationship between our job and Newton's law of motion.

The alarm goes off (this is the external unbalanced force) and off you go. Waking kids, making breakfast, packing lunches, sending kids back up to put on different clothes, moving laundry, doing dishes, cleaning breakfast, getting kids off to school, working at times, caring for preschoolers, driving the car, fixing the boo-boo's, listening to friends, supporting husbands, volunteering at schools and in the community, picking up toys, wiping the "i don't want to know what that is" off the wall, picking up kids, homework monitors, math fact checkers, activity coordinators, sports coach, music rehearsal queen, dinner chef, nutrition monitor, kitchen clean up, shower giver, teeth checker, pajama fixer, slipper finder, master tucker , laundry mover, bill payer, calendar coordinator, e-mail checker, family liaison, mopper extraordinaire and then the phone rings, the show comes on, the feet just call it quits (this is another external unbalanced force) and rest you must.

Some of you may think this constant motion is seems exhausting but if I said to you lets pretend you just sat down to your hot tea and then you hear it "Mooooommmm!". Now lets say you are moving laundry while dinner is in the oven and you hear the same "Moooommmm!" Which is easier?? Exactly ,while in the midst of motion an additional motion does not seem as taxing.

Now you know, my answer to the familiar question of "how do you do it?" (it = I am expecting my 5th all under 10 plus two stepdaughters and a husband who travels). Newton's law of motion.

How do you answer the question?