Sunday, May 09, 2010

Mom

There are so many reasons to love my mother.

I love the way she laughs at something inappropriate then claps both hands over her mouth in horror upon realizing that she probably shouldn't laugh about it.

I love the way she refers to Dad as "Joe-Your-Father" when she tells stories as if I would be utterly confused if she didn't clarify who "Joe" might be.

I love the way she always walks me to my car after I visit her and then stands in the driveway blowing kisses and waving as I drive away. Sometimes there's even a little dance that goes with it.


I love that she's always a little startled to realize her children in any way take after Joe-Our-Father. I really love that she always attributes any weird quirks we may have to Joe-Our-Father's side of the family.

I love that she still tries to buy my love even though she's always had it.

I love her because when the unthinkable happens, she still has a shoulder to cry on, a knee to rest my head on and an irreverent comment to make me laugh in spite of it all.

I love that she talks about dieting. While eating cake. Because Thursday is a cake kind of day and you can't diet on a cake day.

I love that she talks in her sleep. I love even more that she sometimes screams and then gets mad at us for hearing her.

I love that, like her mother before her, she has a very proper and sophisticated side that somehow covers one of the greatest comedic goofy sides I've ever known.

I love that on her Facebook page she's never bothered to correct the alterations I made to her date of birth or her children's names.

I love that for over a year, she didn't notice that the e-mail signature I set up for her included "By the way, Stacey has always been my favorite child."

I love her because she's Mom.

5 comments:

Abby said...

Oh, Stacey. I love you more than words can say!

Ronni said...

Like.

Nadine said...

Well now I want her to be my Mom, too!

StarrSticks said...

Just a random blogger... I think that ur "Mom" blog just made my day. It's 4:23 pm where Im at so I still have a few hours to confirm this fact. :) My favouriteis the Joe ur father statement... My mom and dad takes turn on the reffering to my brother an I as "the girl" and "the boy"...

Mom's are awesome!
J

Fernanda said...

Hi Stacey, I really loved your post Mom. I lost my mother last year and of course your post made me cry. I think mothers after all are almost the same with things that make than unique heehehe!