congrats! i live 3000 miles away from my mom, we're best of friends! i talk to my mom for 2 hours a week. use the time apart to bring you closer. the more you understand your mom, the easier it gets. my middle sister, who fought to keep my from my mom as a kid, goes bonkers in 2 days with her now. she was harping up a storm the day after thanksgiving.
i just imagine that every time i talk with my mom might be the last. i know so much about her and think so highly of her that she usually is thanking me for such a fascinating conversation. that is so much better than her telling me what a worthless piece of human excrement i am. usually, when moms make mistakes, though not all, they had good intentions. cherish them if you can. everyday should be mother's day.
Oh that's an easy one, especially with the people in this place. It's going to be a photo of the dog. Who, after spending a week with little dogs, suddenly looks like a horse laying on my futon.
well said.....I lost my best friend ( my mom ) a several years back at Christmas time and it's a hard time of year for me. She was a great Mother....sometimes very hard on me, but I grew to understand why. no matter what you go thru in life, they are always the person you should turn to for advise, because most times they have gone thru it before you!!!! God invented them for us !!!!
.....my mom has severe mental issues, but i'm her carbon copy. it got easier once i figured out i was just like her. everything i have to overlook in her is something that i do. that makes it easy. my sisters still go crazy. my mom's 2 targets were me and my brother, she was awesome with everybody else. my brother didn't survive it, he killed himself. he wasn't as stubborn as me. because i can see my mom's good qualities, i try to be half as good as she is.
not everyone has good parent's though. not everyone gets the chance to forgive. from what we can see, sometimes we have to question "God's logic", and feel for those who suffer. (and hope and pray everything works out for the better)
my mom has severe mental issues, but i'm her carbon copy. it got easier once i figured out i was just like her. everything i have to overlook in her is something that i do. that makes it easy. my sisters still go crazy. my mom's 2 targets were me and my brother, she was awesome with everybody else. my brother didn't survive it, he killed himself. he wasn't as stubborn as me. because i can see my mom's good qualities, i try to be half as good as she is.
not everyone has good parent's though. not everyone gets the chance to forgive. from what we can see, sometimes we have to question "God's logic", and feel for those who suffer. (and hope and pray everything works out for the better)
my mom has severe mental issues, but i'm her carbon copy. it got easier once i figured out i was just like her. everything i have to overlook in her is something that i do. that makes it easy. my sisters still go crazy. my mom's 2 targets were me and my brother, she was awesome with everybody else. my brother didn't survive it, he killed himself. he wasn't as stubborn as me. because i can see my mom's good qualities, i try to be half as good as she is.
not everyone has good parent's though. not everyone gets the chance to forgive. from what we can see, sometimes we have to question "God's logic", and feel for those who suffer. (and hope and pray everything works out for the better)
Same with mine. For that reason I can't really turn to her for advice without facing some seriously irrational judgement. Still, she is MY mom nonetheless and none of those issues seemed to matter this last week. I was on eggshells for a bit but it never really got bad and I am so grateful for that. I'm overwhelmed with homesickness and I should've stayed longer. And I am grateful for that feeling.
OMG I want all of them....especially the first one.....I think that's a min POM right?

Think I might have a new "must always have on hand".... I tried Vanilla Butternut a few days ago and it was good. It's at ten days now, and it's approaching amazing... and it could still use a few more days to steep, at that. Quite a complex flavor, I can't pick out all the notes just yet... but it's definitely causing "slow down before you make yourself nic sick" syndrome, which is a good sign in terms of just how much I like a flavor.![]()