Passed on by daughter Cathy:

In my next life.....

In this life I'm a woman.  In my next life, I'd like to come back as a bear.

When you're a bear, you get to hibernate.  You do nothing but sleep for six months.  I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid.  I could deal with that, too.

When you're a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute cuddly cubs.  I could definitely deal with that.

If you're a mama bear, everyone know you mean business.  You swat anyone who bothers your cubs.  If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too.  I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, you mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling.  He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.

Yup.....   gonna be a bear.