Happy Mother's Day!
My mom is old school infused with old time religion...all that that implies and was and still is exists with her today...so when my mom held me for the first time...smiled and proudly named me...it's within this context...my siblings and I were raised...
As we go about our separate ways in our daily lives...she's still ever present...happy for our successes...concerned about our doubts and the way forward...supporting our kids...and I say "ours" as she lets us know she's already raised "her" kids...although she loves them grandkids just as much...or even more...taught us..."Cleaniness is next to Godliness" and "manners takes you through the world"...above all though..."love your neighbor as you would love yourself"...back then that didn't mean much to me...a good beat down whopping would reaquaint me with that pharse when trouble found me...
I'm much older now... and I love my mom dearly... although she can be suffocating at times...at least in my estimation...especially when she's on her tack...I think it's the heat and other things...lol...the one thing though we can not see eye to eye...is my lifestyle...she's not trying to understand as her rigidness is sincere and unbreakable...morality and the man...its that simple for her... she stands on solid ground in her beliefs...however...her tolerance is of and for me...for this...I respect her...even though she tires me out when she sees men and boys with cornrows, earrings and hair snatch in one or pony tails...then I hear the beginning of a dissertation with these words--- "In my day...men were men"--- I don't have to finish it as I know you get the picture how this continues and ends...
My mom...blessed with good genes can passed easily for a thirtyish...maybe I'm pushing it...but definitely fortyish woman...she's in her middle sixties...still active in church and in civic organizations...plus work forty hours a week...my dad whose a year younger retired ten years ago...my mom came out of retirement twice...it's good for her though mentally and physically... next year she'll retire for good...and then I will truly be suffocated with her love...
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. - Samuel Johnson
As we go about our separate ways in our daily lives...she's still ever present...happy for our successes...concerned about our doubts and the way forward...supporting our kids...and I say "ours" as she lets us know she's already raised "her" kids...although she loves them grandkids just as much...or even more...taught us..."Cleaniness is next to Godliness" and "manners takes you through the world"...above all though..."love your neighbor as you would love yourself"...back then that didn't mean much to me...a good beat down whopping would reaquaint me with that pharse when trouble found me...
I'm much older now... and I love my mom dearly... although she can be suffocating at times...at least in my estimation...especially when she's on her tack...I think it's the heat and other things...lol...the one thing though we can not see eye to eye...is my lifestyle...she's not trying to understand as her rigidness is sincere and unbreakable...morality and the man...its that simple for her... she stands on solid ground in her beliefs...however...her tolerance is of and for me...for this...I respect her...even though she tires me out when she sees men and boys with cornrows, earrings and hair snatch in one or pony tails...then I hear the beginning of a dissertation with these words--- "In my day...men were men"--- I don't have to finish it as I know you get the picture how this continues and ends...
My mom...blessed with good genes can passed easily for a thirtyish...maybe I'm pushing it...but definitely fortyish woman...she's in her middle sixties...still active in church and in civic organizations...plus work forty hours a week...my dad whose a year younger retired ten years ago...my mom came out of retirement twice...it's good for her though mentally and physically... next year she'll retire for good...and then I will truly be suffocated with her love...
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. - Samuel Johnson
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