I went down to visit Mom last night. Here is just a few of our conversations:<\/p>\n
1) Via text message:
Me: \u201cBe afraid, be very afraid. I am almost there!\u201d
Mom: \u201cNo no not that!\u201d
Me: \u201cYes! Yes! It is coming!\u201d
Mom: \u201cGoing to hide\u201d
Me: \u201c Coming to find you now\u2026hehe\u201d
Then I got there and instead of hiding she tried to scare me by sticking her face right next to the door when I opened it! <\/p>\n
2) The neck story
We worked on her scrapbook until we ran out of pages, then she finds this catalog and proceeds to tell me this story\u2026
Mom: \u201cThat nurse says she thinks I would look good with a short, blonde, bob (the haircut). But I told her I have this problem. I\u2019ve had it my whole life! I\u2019m tall and skinny, although not as skinny as I once was. And I have a LONG neck and a teeny tiny little head! When I was student teaching one of the students said I look like a turtle!
Me: \u201cAnd you are scarred for life by this aren\u2019t you? Do you need me to call the therapist?
Mom: \u201cOh shut up!\u201d
Me: \u201cOr the Psychologist who said he would come and visit you?\u201d
Mom: \u201cOh he was here yesterday!\u201d
Me: \u201cOh good. Next time be sure to discuss this turtle story.\u201d
Mom: \u201cOh just help me pick out a wig!\u201d
At which point I took that magazine and started holding it up so I could see what the wigs would look like on Mom\u2026I don\u2019t think she appreciated this though! lol<\/p>\n
3) Courtney\u2019s Birthday Gift
Shane and Courtney came a bit later\u2026after dinner with her Mom because it was her Birthday (Happy Birthday again, by the way!).
Mom: \u201cSo Courtney, what did you get for your birthday?\u201d
Courtney: \u201cA crotch rocket!!!!!\u201d
Mom: (gasping) \u201coh, uh, you didn\u2019t waste any time answering that one! Did you get anything ELSE for your birthday?\u201d
Courtney: \u201cMy brother painted a picture and then Shane went and visited him and bought it from him and gave it to me.\u201d
Mom: \u201cNow that\u2019s a nice birthday gift.\u201d
Courtney: \u201cThat\u2019s the sentimental gift.\u201d
Me: \u201cSo did you want a crotch rocket?\u201d
At this point I\u2019m pretty sure I should have been ROFLOL! Mom was in SHOCK that Shane had bought her a crotch rocket and that she didn’t answer with the picture story right away. Amazing! lol<\/p>\n
4) The neck story revisited
When Shane and Courtney showed up I told Mom she should ask Courtney\u2019s opinion of the bob wig. She proceeded to tell the same turtle story and then got up to go to the bathroom while Shane and Courtney looked
While she was in the bathroom:
Courtney: \u201cLong necks aren\u2019t bad, I have a long neck (as she holds her neck with her hands) they are good. Models have long necks!\u201d
Me: \u201cYou need to tell her that when she comes back out here.\u201d
Courtney: \u201cOk, I will.\u201d
Mom returns from the bathroom:
Shane: (pointing to a gray wig) \u201cI think you should get this one!\u201d
Mom: \u201cYou\u2019re just saying that because its gray!\u201d
Shane: (laughs) \u201cSo?\u201d
Courtney: \u201cLynn, long necks aren\u2019t bad. Models have long necks!\u201d
Mom: (feeling her neck) \u201cOh! Well, if models have long necks…”<\/p>\n
Now, since I know Mom will read this I can\u2019t say what else this story has inspired, but it is good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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