Personal
So as you all know, yesterday was Mother’s Day. And yes, I did indeed call my mom. My mom and I have a tough relationship, mostly because she made it clear when I was young that she absolutely did not want to be a mother, and would likely prefer to be doing almost anything else.
But she does recognize some of her failings as a mom, so she said I was a way better mom than she had been to me, and a far less reluctant one. But, she added, that I was a more well-behaved kid than my son is.
To which I added in my head: “If I hadn’t been, you might’ve just dropped me off somewhere and left me. What choice did I have?”
I have to reconcile how I feel now as an adult and a mom myself to what I went through growing up. Without aid of a box of cookies.
Happy Mother’s Day to me!
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May 10th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
You are my friend, and I am fiercely glad of that, but wow. Your mother is one of those people who should never have been a parent. You know you’re a wonderful mother to your son and, hon, you better take full credit, because you didn’t learn any of that from your mother.
It’s nice, I suppose, that she recognizes her failings, but really, comparing you and your son, as if she has any idea??
I hope you had a lovely Mother’s Day!