Friday has rolled around again, which means it is time for Friday Cocktails! This week has been more than a little crazy. First of all Ma found two snakes in the laundry when she pulled them out of the dryer. They were both dead and I should say our laundry room is a small room on the back porch. Chances are they crawled into the vent and then into the dryer but still. It freaked us out so badly. My brother said to stop telling him about these sorts of things.
Look, we live out in the woods and these things happen. However, it doesn’t mean we have to like it or not freak out. We are also getting ready to enjoy Mother’s Day on Sunday which I know many of you are as well. I am thankful for my mother even though we didn’t always have the best of relationships. It was difficult when I was growing up.
She favored my sister and I always felt forgotten. I don’t think it is something she consciously did but it damaged something between us and took many years to repair. There are still days when it is hard. However, she now sees how my sister is and how she treats the rest of us. Before I swear rainbows shot out of my sister’s butt as far as Ma was concerned. We mistreated her for no good reason.
Now, Ma understands that we weren’t mistreating my sister. We were reacting to the way she treats us. The things she did and then went to Ma saying we were being mean or just flat out lying about things we had supposedly done to her. Ma and I slowly rebuilt our relationship after my father died and I was the one to take care of her.
Today we can laugh and share things with one another. She helps me and I help her. She can still be harsh and judgmental at times. Those are things I have learned to overlook as best I can. It is simply the way she is and she can’t help it. It’s a work in progress but one I am glad we were able to accomplish.
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I live in a small Georgia town that you most likely have never heard of and I LOVE it! My house is more than full as I am a single mother of four & caregiver to my aging mother and uncle. Lover of all things Outlander. Goes to the beat of her own drum woman.
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My week was okay, busy doing stuff around the house.
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone.
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was okay
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The week went well
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Happy Mother’s Day to you, Rita! xo
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