Friday, May 11, 2012

Yo Moma

What a week! Ian has had baseball which is coming to end soon. So its back and forth to games and practice. I have missed reading and catching up on blogs this week. I apologize but I promise I will get to you. Which brings me to wishing all the mother's out there a wonderful mother's day on Sunday. Whether its a mom to a child, a wonderful aunt, great cousin, beautiful sister or mommy to even fur babies. I hope you have a day filled with love and hugs.

I love my mom. She and I fight like Italians then we kiss and make up. Well, we make up. In our family, we get all puffed up like blow fish, give each other the finger, say a few eff words, tell you to go the hockey sticks called hell and then have a cookout the following weekend. Once we got into a fight and about three days later here comes my step dad with dryer sheets as a peace offering. True Story. Pinky Swear. We drive each other crazy to the point of I want to take heavy medication such as Advil, but I love her. She would give you the shirt off her back and she loves all of her grand babies. She has helped me in many ways especially when I needed food on my table or clothes for my child. 

She had three children. How she did it I have no idea because I would already be in the crazy place. She did her best with what she was given and although we fight and I want to hit her upside the head with a wet squirrel, I love her and couldn't imagine my mom being anyone else. She lost her husband and my step dad and Pa Pa, Tom in January and the strength that she has is amazing. I know there are times when she cries alone. I know there are times of loneliness and I know that somewhere she finds comfort that his battle with the disgusting cancer was fought hard and ended with peace. I think about her often and wonder if she's ok at night but now its her time to see what it is like to be her own self. But I have also reminded her that although I love her super bunches, I will put her in a home called Shady Pines if she turns into an old crotchety woman. I mean who wants to go to the Palace? But we got a long time to argue about that stuff.

She's a beautiful woman. So talented and has so many gifts that I want to learn from her. I love her so much and Mom, have a Happy Mother's Day. For without you I wouldn't have a Mother's Day.

Have a great weekend,
Dusty

20 comments:

  1. the dryer sheets always work for me too. happy mother's day to your amazing mom who had three kids. three?! that seems like a lot. i have trouble keeping up with sherm.

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  2. So sweet. That's a mom for ya!:)

    Dryer sheets story is the best!

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  3. Hugs to you mama bear. Happy mother's day!

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  4. happy mother's day, farrahlicious!
    my mom has 4 kids. none accidents. with an 18 year gap from the first to the last.
    she's crazy. batshit.

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  5. Oh happy mothers to your momma.

    Happy Mothers Day you my friend.

    I'd pay good money to watch ya'll fight.

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  6. That was a great post. Your mom sounds awesome. There are days where I'd be happy to hit my mom with that same wet squirrel! But my mom is also a wonderful mom and person! Happy mothers day to your mom!

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  8. i'm going to store dryer sheets in my back pocket for that moment that i cross the line with one of my relatives.

    genius.

    it's like, "i know we fought...but i still want you to smell good and resist static cling. and *&^#, these things are expensive!"

    here's to loving you on mother's day. keep your hot mamma secrets written down so that one day, when i have little ones, i can steal them. k?

    k.

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  9. Tributes to our mommas. I need to write one. Love yours. And happy mothers day to YOU my dear!

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  10. Dryer sheets?! That is awesome!

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  11. Happy Mother's Day lovely! Have an awesome weekend!

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  12. Happy Mother's day to both you and your mom! Hoping there are no wet squirrels involved in your weekend festivities.

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  13. I'm the same way with my mom! My husband get's anxiety attacks around us and asked me to please stop arguing so much and I was like "what? we were just talking!!" haha

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  14. Gotta love dryer sheets xD Hope you have a great Mother's Day with her and for yourself!

    Zia
    http://singing-blue.blogspot.ca/

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  15. Happy Belated Mothers Day Dusty! Sorry I was MiA i was playing hookie this weekend.

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  16. Ha ha LOVE that you said you want to hit your mom upside the head. You are hilarious!

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  17. LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!!!


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  18. You're the funnest. Happy belated Mother's Day!

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  19. Haha! Your relationship with your mom sounds a little bit like my relationship with my mom :) And I know how you feel about the number of kids thing... I don't think I can have any more than two... and my mom had five. Maybe that's the reason we have crazy mamas!

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