Ok...so i'm a little late...and if you have kids...EVERYDAY is mothers day...so go ahead, take that nice long walk with your kids...don't worry, those dishes will still be waiting for you when you get back!
My mom was never the "traditional" mom type...back when other mommys stayed home my mom was a hardworking nurse who didn't put up with any bulls*** from her kids...and she was always brutally honest...when i would tell her about one of my many poor decisions always involving a bad choice of boyfriend...my mom was never the "poor darling"...she was more the "i hope you never forget the pain your feeling right now so that you will always be reminded of it the next time your tempted to go out with another loser!" And you know what...it worked!
And yet, this was the same mom who didn't blink when i told her i wanted to go to a strict religious college in the early 80's...she got our next door neighbor to sew up all the slits in my skirts (skirts with slits were fashionable back then...right before the "cut off collars on sweatshirts style which of course you can blame on the movie "FLASHDANCE"!) And three months later when i changed my mind and decided that no...radio was going to be my "calling"...she didn't blink or say the obvious "i hope you don't mind not having enough money to eat"...because she knew how badly i wanted to lose weight anyway...and recently when i told her if this radio thing didn't work out i'd like to be a "stand-up comedian" she remembered that i was the funniest kid in sixth grade!!! (actually, i was the most unpopular kid at Summerdale School in Rockford, Illinois, but i didn't want to contradict her)
Happy moms day mom...i love you!
3 comments:
No! You were NOT the most unpopular kid at Summerdale! I was! Don't take that title away from me! I didn't earn it but it was just a given. We had fun back then. You told me I needed Jesus and led in the prayer and I will always be grateful to you for that.
Anyways, didn't you make the Homecoming Court at Aurora's Junior High?
While I'm bugging you, I'm really, really sorry for screwwing up the song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again (Hoorah, hoorah!) at Summerdale's Variety Show....forgive me? xoxo~ Sherry C.
No! You were NOT the most unpopular kid at Summerdale! I was! Don't take that title away from me! I didn't earn it but it was just a given. We had fun back then. You told me I needed Jesus and led in the prayer and I will always be grateful to you for that.
Anyways, didn't you make the Homecoming Court at Aurora's Junior High?
While I'm bugging you, I'm really, really sorry for screwwing up the song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again (Hoorah, hoorah!) at Summerdale's Variety Show....forgive me? xoxo~ Sherry C.
Oh, and you were the funniest kid in 6th grade... :-P
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