Memories of Mom - Friday 5

This is very challenging for me. My mother is only 17 years older than I am, and we had a sister love/hate type relationship, most of my life, while I was growing up. I was mostly raised by my grandmother, whether mom was there or not. I will try to focus on the positives.

1. GREASE - The Movie. We saw it so many times, in the theater, I lost count. We were big dollar movie goers, and I keep wanting to think that was weekly, but how long could this movie have run? I don't really remember. We saw it over 20 times. Fersher!
*singing* "We go together.."

2. ET - The Movie. My mom piled all of us neighborhood kids, from Grandma's neighborhood into her Chevy Impala and took us to the Loma Theater, in Point Loma. There was nothing better than sharing that movie with all the boys. I was the only girl in the neighborhood.

3. Star Wars - The Movie. Are we seeing a pattern here? We saw this movie at this theater, in the valley (Mission Valley), that was in a round building. The line to get in, wrapped the building four times. We took a city bus there and stood all day long, it seemed. It was like being at Disneyland!

4. Mom only missed the birth of one grandchild, that she was aware of being born. My youngest. Labor was induced with all three of my babies. The first two children were born at 00:42 and 00:47 (those minutes after midnight), so she didn't leave work early to see Girlie come into the world. She surprised us all and arrived at 13:57, in the afternoon! (I think she's still pushy like that, too. *smile*)

I can't imagine having a baby and mom not being there. She was good under pressure. She's also a good liar, and was able to calm me while my ex husband ran for a doctor/nurse. "No, honey, the baby is not right there, just lay back!" Under a "pit," I believed her.

5. My mom has always trusted me. She has often said that I didn't teach her how to mother my younger brother, that I was raised with. I always felt that the trust wasn't worth breaking and maybe it was fear.. but I liked my freedom's and didn't ever want to risk losing them. With this trust, though came a yearning for her to be more.. my friend's complained about curfews.. I never really had one. I always felt they were loved more. I know, today, I was just responsible enough, that she could trust me.

I found the perfect Mother's Day Card for her. Now I can only type it here, because I forgot I had it and didn't mail it to her. I usually can't find a card for my mom. They are usually sappy and just don't fit. I did send her roses. I hope she got them. *sigh*

The card:
"I'm proud to have a mother whose independence and determination come from knowing who she is, what she wants.

I'm proud to have a mother who doesn't fit into a mold or let anyone else define what she does or who she should be.

I'm proud to have a mother whose life and love have shown me that anything is possible when you are true to yourself.

You're a one-of-a-kind mother and I'm glad you're mine."

I'm still going to send it.