It's hard to know how to feel. It's hard to know if I should laugh, because a lot of what she says and does is really, really funny. It's hard to know if I should cry because sometimes I don't like it when we laugh at her and I'm sad when I think about my real mom. That mom would not think this situation was funny.
That mom ...
- wanted her kids to be happy and would sacrifice much to see that they were
- went back to work after raising a bunch of kids to have enough money to send a couple of those kids on a mission at the same time
- worked very hard at every church calling she ever had, especially gospel doctrine, temple worker and missionary
- read to her kids ... even when we were older. I remember listening to my mom read Ann Dee and I books like the "Secret Garden" and "Anne of Green Gables"
- would make funny faces and voices of various characters when she read to us
- bought books for her grandkids for birthdays and Christmas
- was proper and polite and taught her kids to be proper and polite
- worried about her kids and lost hours and hours of sleep because of it
- gave birth to 9 kids and lost one at 5 weeks old
- loved her parents
- wanted me to be a great violin player
- sang the hymns in church in alto
- was very anxious when my brothers played football because she was always worried they would get hurt
- always bought me a new Easter dress
- loved chocolate and would hide it around the house and in the car
- once surprised me and Ann Dee and took us to Disneyland even though I know she was tired and I didn't even ride on the roller coasters
- loved scary movies
- used funny words and make funny sounds ... like cumi (butt)
Katy, Ann Dee, Mom at Stewart Falls
This mom ...
- eats ice cream every day
- sleeps a lot
- doesn't always know who she is talking to but is so skilled socially that you might never know it
- still sings the hymns in alto
- doesn't know what holiday it is or what season it is but she always tells me to wear a coat and shoes
- laughs a lot
- makes us laugh a lot
- sometimes gets disoriented and lost because she is looking for the people or the kids
- once asked me, while on a walk, if my mom knew where I was
- doesn't worry as much or forgets things too quickly to worry about them
- loves to read letters and cards and notes sent to her by her friends and family
- loves movies and sporting events
- loves her Larry and feels most safe and comfortable with him
I love both this mom and that mom. Even though sometimes I really, really want to talk to that mom. Happy Mother's Day Mom ... no matter where you are, you are my mom.
