All Things Mothers

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

My mom has done the best she could...haha...circumstances were interesting for my sister and I growing up...and my sister is ten years older than I, but really my mom has done her best...and that's all anyone can ask of anyone...

She is proud of me and my sister and loves us...though sometimes has weird ways of showing it...and she has an issue with listening...like she doesn't lol...but she's the only mom I have...so I love her...and appreciate her and all she's done for me...because for sure the one thing I have learned is independence..and that's a great gift to have received from her...

I took her out a day early...we went to our city's Farmer's Market then to lunch at this really good local burger joint (I treated for Mom's Day) then I gave her a gift...'twas a good day indeed....

I think it takes a mature soul to see her mother's shortcomings and accept her anyway. I hope some day you have the same kind of daughter. Minus the sandals.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Well we already had Mothers Day in the UK. My lovely children made m cards and brought me flowers.

My own mother... well what can I say. Walked out on us when I was 3. Saw her again at 19 which was a disaster.... no contact since the birth of my daughter. Life sucks at times!

Sounds like you learned from her mistakes. Your kids will be able to tell better tales for it years from now.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by sparky

I lost my Mom about seven years ago....but she was a great. She was a total Old World Mom. She came here from Germany in the early Fifties, so that kind of explains it. She made the best pickles and jam in the world ! She baked bread. She knitted blankets, crocheted doilies (which thankfully weren't EVERYWHERE). She entered her blankets in the state and county fairs and won ribbons for them. She even made clothes for my Teddy Bear when I was little. Every year after I left home, she sent me a tiny Easter basket, and because I loved her fruit cakes (no comments from the fruit cake hating brigade!), she made me one of those twenty pound concoctions every Christmas. If I wasn't home, she would send the monster through the mail.
Her favorite band was the Moody Blues, and she also liked Culture Club.
During the War, she snuck food to the French POW's in her town. Her Mother, a big, tough old gal, once told an SS Soldier to get the hell off of her
property and slammed the door in his face. Don't ask me how she got away with that. Grandma also once beat the hell out of a neighbor woman with a shoe because the lady wouldn't stop her son from picking on my Mom and taking HER shoes from her while they walked to school. I come from tough stock.

My mom rocked !

I love family histories. Thanks for sharing. And please tell me that the pickles and jam were not served together.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Siri Ruane

That's awesome, sparky.

My mom's great. She's only 32 years old and is expecting her 8th child this August which anyone could admire her for. She homeschools and basically has just devoted her whole life to us monsters. Her, one of my sisters, my youngest brother and I went to a the spring dance concert today at the local arts center which was pretty boring... then this morning the whole family went to the church's pancake breakfast after Mass. A fellow huge (10 kids!) homeschooling family was there as well and with all of us combined, there wasn't enough room in the church hall to sit down, so we had to move outside!! It was fun.

Sorry. You lost me once you stated that your mom is younger than I am.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by macmar71

Well, I live with my mom but I did spend alot of my teenage years with my grandmother who was more like a mom (gram passed away in 1997 and she is still missed) Mom and I, there are sometimes awkward moments but for the most part we get on fine. I took her out to dinner on Saturday to avoid crowds on Sunday and I bought her these beautiful hot pinkish-purple roses. She seemed to enjoy it all.

May I ask how your grandmother and mom got along? Often it appears that immediate generations are the ones with the friction.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Hope all the Ledgie moms had a wonderful day!!

My mom worked today, but I will see her on Tuesday and am taking her out to lunch. Also, I sent her some roses, candy and a teddy bear yesterday.

My mom is cool. She's very outgoing and loves people, (I'm the total opposite. LOL!!) is caring and compassionate. She also doesn't look or act her age. Some of you met her in Dallas last year.

Any mom who claps for Stevie is fine by me.
Tell her hi & Happy Mothers' Day.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

They say mother/daughter relationships are a thing unto themselves. I won't even pretend to know what it's like to be in one.

- Jake

They're bizarre...ESPECIALLY if there's no one else to take the focus off of you. If I had a sister or even a brother things would be much different i'm sure. Our personalities are totally 100% different and we just clash big time. We don't talk and she really doesn't know the real me and probably never will. She was cooler when I was younger but I think she was much happier back then.

Today was fine. We got along...I helped her in the yard for a few hours...we ate a quick lunch and watched some VH1 Classics...went and picked out flowers for the gardens...ate dinner and watched a movie together. Then, of course, we started fighting

[wondergirl9847]

That sounds like me and MY mom! Before she and my dad divorced, we were thisclose....actually, before she met a certain dumba$$ person who is now her best friend. Where is that vomit icon?!!! Anywho, yeah, when I was a teen, we would hang out, go to the mall together, we were like best friends, now...... Love her to death, would give her both my kidneys if need be....but, the friendship is broken.

I'm an only child too, so I understand COMPLETELY.

There is NOTHING more difficult for an only child than to have your parents split/divorce because they both want you on THEIR side. SUCKS.

[Janet]

I had a friend whose birthday was May 9th, and that's Mothers day this year and she doesn't have her mother anymore. I thought about that all day

My mom is alive and kicking. I took her and my grandmother to Olive Garden. My mom is really different now from when I lived with her ( its been over 3 years) so it's just like being with a stranger somehow. Her and my grandmother are COMPLETELY different so watching them bicker is not too much fun.

But I got through it. I love my mom v. much and I hope she remains happy.That's all that matters.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

That sounds like me and MY mom! Before she and my dad divorced, we were thisclose....actually, before she met a certain dumba$$ person who is now her best friend. Where is that vomit icon?!!! Anywho, yeah, when I was a teen, we would hang out, go to the mall together, we were like best friends, now...... Love her to death, would give her both my kidneys if need be....but, the friendship is broken.

I'm an only child too, so I understand COMPLETELY.

There is NOTHING more difficult for an only child than to have your parents split/divorce because they both want you on THEIR side. SUCKS.

My parents are married still but they constantly put me in the middle of EVERYTHING or fight with me just for the sake of fighting when they can no longer take jabs at one another. That's why I tend to just stay out of the house or stay away from them

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

They're bizarre...ESPECIALLY if there's no one else to take the focus off of you. If I had a sister or even a brother things would be much different i'm sure. Our personalities are totally 100% different and we just clash big time. We don't talk and she really doesn't know the real me and probably never will. She was cooler when I was younger but I think she was much happier back then.

Today was fine. We got along...I helped her in the yard for a few hours...we ate a quick lunch and watched some VH1 Classics...went and picked out flowers for the gardens...ate dinner and watched a movie together. Then, of course, we started fighting

What do you expect when you're cleaning a garden in the middle of the turnpike.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

There is NOTHING more difficult for an only child than to have your parents split/divorce because they both want you on THEIR side. SUCKS.

I see this in student after student.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Janet

I had a friend whose birthday was May 9th, and that's Mothers day this year and she doesn't have her mother anymore. I thought about that all day

My grandmother died on my dad's birthday in 1995. I was living in Chicago when my brother called to see if he should drive out to interrupt my dad's birthday dinner with the news.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

My parents are married still but they constantly put me in the middle of EVERYTHING or fight with me just for the sake of fighting when they can no longer take jabs at one another. That's why I tend to just stay out of the house or stay away from them

Remember that Drew Barrymore movie "Irreconcilable Differences"?

- Jake

[macmar71]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

May I ask how your grandmother and mom got along? Often it appears that immediate generations are the ones with the friction.

- Jake

Don't mind at all...no, they did not get along most of the time and I was at times the peacekeeper between the two.