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This ones for moms
When interviewing a mother-daughter business team, I was amazed that the concept was even possible.I mentioned that I could never work with my mother and what I got back was, “It's your age, you'll grow out of it.”
Honestly, I don't think so.
Actually, I know so.
(She is the incarnate of her mother, so if she's not changing, neither am I)
Mom and I could never work together for several reasons:
She talks to much
She can't hear
We aren't interested in the same business
She eavesdrops
She always needs to know where I am at all times
Yes, these are all problems I have with her – and not vice versa - but since this is my blog, that's what you get.
I got to thinking, despite all of her annoying qualities, what is it about my mom that makes her so lovable?
I know there's something, because she is my best friend. I would literally die without her.
This is why:
She thinks my sister and I are the greatest
She'd be proud of me even if I pumped gas for a living - after receiving my college degree
She calmly listens when I'm distressed
If I cough into the phone, she whips out medication and a tissue in no time
Most of all, she's hilarious without even trying (usually that's due simply to her face)
When I did the man-on-the-street for the paper this week, two men got me thinking about their Mother's Day greeting responses.
One man from Pakistan had the perfect answer: everyday should be Mother's Day.
Another man thanked his mother on behalf of himself, his siblings and the community.
This blew me away. This guy is on to something ... I don't even think my mom knows that she's the sh*t!
When my mom was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, I thought my world was over.
She told me nonchalantly, like, no big deal.
She was obviously in denial and it was my time to step in and be a fearless warrior – for her.
Well, my mom one-upped me again.
She beat up cancer, spit it out, and now she even has a cuter hairdo to prove it.
Now I know the real reason why we could never work together, the one I left off the list.
I'd be too jealous.
I could never be half the woman my mom doesn't even know she is.
Thank you, God – for that-
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