For some reason I decided to go back and read some old blogs. I know what it was! I wanted to download the pdf. of all of them as I want to have a record when I turn toes up and the kids are remembering me fondly. I started out just pretty boring and mundane, but as time went on I managed to actually hit my stride there for a while. So rather than tax my tiny brain this morning, I give you one of my first that I wrote about my mother.
Friday, September 25, 2009
My Mother
My mother
shaped my life by example and a lot of her down home wisdom. I am going to tell
you some of these at this point and what my thoughts at the time were.
1. "Get that pencil out of your mouth. You don't know where it has been." (Where did that thing go when I wasn't looking?")
2. " Do you want a lickin'?" (Oh, yeah! That is exactly what I want, a lickin'!)
3. " If Beth stuck her head in the fire, I suppose you would too!" (How is wearing my socks rolled down comparable to sticking my head in a fire?)
4. "Eat that mush! There are people starving to death in China." (Well, I sure wish they had this mush!"
5. "Get that coat on before you go outside and freeze to death!" (Wonder how long it takes to flash freeze.)
6. " Do not stick your tongue on that metal pole, cause it will freeze there." (Of course I am going to do that if I can just make it to the pole before I freeze to death.)
7. "Break this candy bar in half and give your sister the biggest half so you do not appear greedy." (Yeah, give the big half to her because she is greedy.)
8. "The early bird gets the worm." (And why do I want a worm?)
9. " Stop running around like a chicken with its head cut off!" (There is a visual I do not need.)
10. "Keep your legs crossed or some little boy will look up your dress." (And what will he see?)
11. "I am going to knock your block off!" (What is a block? Is that possible? Where will my block land and can I put it back on?)
12. "Keep eating and you are going to pop open!" (So that is what that belly button is for! To hold me shut.)
And there is not a day that goes by that one of her idioms doesn't pop into my mind and jerk me back to the straight and narrow. Today this would be called child abuse, but back in those days it was just called "doing the best we can."
I would not trade my roots for any other roots in the world. I came from good, hardworking, honest German and I am sure this has helped shape me into the person I am today.
1. "Get that pencil out of your mouth. You don't know where it has been." (Where did that thing go when I wasn't looking?")
2. " Do you want a lickin'?" (Oh, yeah! That is exactly what I want, a lickin'!)
3. " If Beth stuck her head in the fire, I suppose you would too!" (How is wearing my socks rolled down comparable to sticking my head in a fire?)
4. "Eat that mush! There are people starving to death in China." (Well, I sure wish they had this mush!"
5. "Get that coat on before you go outside and freeze to death!" (Wonder how long it takes to flash freeze.)
6. " Do not stick your tongue on that metal pole, cause it will freeze there." (Of course I am going to do that if I can just make it to the pole before I freeze to death.)
7. "Break this candy bar in half and give your sister the biggest half so you do not appear greedy." (Yeah, give the big half to her because she is greedy.)
8. "The early bird gets the worm." (And why do I want a worm?)
9. " Stop running around like a chicken with its head cut off!" (There is a visual I do not need.)
10. "Keep your legs crossed or some little boy will look up your dress." (And what will he see?)
11. "I am going to knock your block off!" (What is a block? Is that possible? Where will my block land and can I put it back on?)
12. "Keep eating and you are going to pop open!" (So that is what that belly button is for! To hold me shut.)
And there is not a day that goes by that one of her idioms doesn't pop into my mind and jerk me back to the straight and narrow. Today this would be called child abuse, but back in those days it was just called "doing the best we can."
I would not trade my roots for any other roots in the world. I came from good, hardworking, honest German and I am sure this has helped shape me into the person I am today.
1 comment:
Hysteriacal, Do you have any lumps bumps bruises on ya Your a trip.
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