We've all heard the old saying,
"Mother knows best" ... eh? And "Uff-da" ... Us fellas tend to have to learn that THE HARD WAY! Not sure if you were anything like me, but instead of listening to my Mom's sage advice as a kid, I liked to go out and "do my own research." Natural consequences...and the school of hard knox became my teacher. Listening to my mom would have been much EASIER! Without fail, I would go out and do "my research" and then once I proved her theories, I would have to sheepishly walk home... eventually ride my bike home... & finally now to this day drive my car back home... Back to the house. Find mom, she's usually near the kitchen. And now that I think about it, our house was so small you were ALWAYS CLOSE TO THE KITCHEN! One nice perk of a SMALL HOUSE! Our small house was on the "Rainy River" which empties into the famous walleye fishing hole, "LAKE OF THE WOODS." I spent many summers sitting on a dock all day. Just me, the water, my tackle box, a bucket of bait purchased from the next door resort bright and early at 6am. And of course, fish'n pole and a line in the water! Usually a nice haul of fish by days end too. I digress, Once I came in and found mom, I would tell her all about my mis-adventures. Once I was finished, I would "get to" hear the most-cliche-mom-thing EVER, "See, I TOLD YOU so!" But the best part about my mom... is that I never felt uncomfortable coming back to her and telling her all about "the research" that I had been doing. Cause as many times as I would get that "Mom Look" ... and a few times a little MORE (well deserved)! I quickly learned, you don't mess with MOM! Kinda like that, "You mess with the Bull, you gonna get the Horns" saying. You know what I'm talk'n about? Seems like something people in Texas would probably say. But Up North people are kinda tough like that too. We are the kinda people that would respond to Texas saying, "Don't Mess With Texas"... by saying, "I'll Mess with Texas!" I'm serious! That was on an Up North friends t-shirt! I swear to GOD!! Bulls, horns, moms...probably not the best illustration that I've ever come up with, but I am sure you get it. Especially if your mom was more "old school" like my mom. 90's moms were pretty bad ass, eh? You other 90's kids can relate to that! I can only imagine what my Grandma, my mom's mom was like. She was a bad ass grandma though, I know that and luckily got to EXPERIENCE it! Gramma Nellie we called her. Her and my mom are ALOT alike. Irish. Gramma Nellie raised the coolest sons too, my uncles. I loved em all cause they had the best stories, hearts and they laughed ALOT. To me they seemed kinda like rebels without a cause, but in a good way! But now responsible adults. Their stories of the younger years were the best to hear. My uncles would take you fishing and tubing and let you play cards with them while they were gambling and drink'n! Those kinda uncles! Now, My dad became one of the pastors of a local church in Northern MN. About the time I was supposed to get to have fun in life like my uncles used to do! So lets just say, I got cut off pretty quickly from sitting around the table and gambling with my uncles. I mean, it was just for dimes and quarters...but I'll never forget the first time I played with 'em, I WON BIG! They were mad...I wasn't. I was rubbing it in and considering a life of organized gambling crime! I think my mom saw my eyes widening and my excitement growing! Not hard to do, because I was blabbering on and on about how good at gambling I was! So, I got cutoff pretty quickly from the life of gambling and crime that I was dreaming of. Probably a good thing, cause clearly I didn't have much of POKER FACE! :) So in conclusion, When Mom would have to "give me the business" she always did it with a little smile and twinkle in her eye. You know what I'm saying? She would always sit me down at the kitchen counter, get some popcorn out and make me some of the fruit punch kool-aid I liked...you know the old school kind? Little tiny packet of powder, had to pour all the sugar in yourself (ALOT of sugar if I remember). But then, she would listen...like really WOULD LISTEN...and maybe ask a few questions. Or give a little gentle feedback. But mostly my mom would give ya just TONS of ENCOURAGEMENT. You would leave the time with her thinking you could CONQUER THE WHOLE WORLD... I'm thankful that I got to talk to her for over an hour yesterday... on HER DAY...Mother's Day. I stole her away from everyone else via the phone. And she let me talk to her for over an HOUR! See, she really is the best listener! Instead of the kitchen, she was in the playroom at my sisters house. Thankful that someone else took care of all the food and meal prep for her. She was with my sister's 2 daughters and playing with them, just like she used to do with me and my 2 lil sisters way back in the day! Mom's are great! Hope your MOTHER's DAY was amazing whether you were, like me celebrating the mom's in your life, or if you happen to have the WORLD's HARDEST JOB TITLE of "Mom!" Mom, You really are the best! World's best Mom!! #1 MOM!!! A t-shirt message or printed coffee mug wouldn't be enough. Thanks MOM! I appreciate you putting up with all the "research" that I had to do. Your Whack-A-Doodle Son, -Eric
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