I am imagining a time in the future (WAAAAAY future) when I am not here, and being asked about the type of mother I was.
Interviewer: So, was your mom a really good cook? Alex and Megan: Well, not really. She could microwave chicken nuggets. She made a mean bowl of cereal. Sometimes she reheated pizza in the oven or boiled spaghetti. Interviewer: But she was really crafty, right? Alex and Megan: No, not so much. She couldn't sew or paint. Our Aunt Christine made us all the special t-shirts we had to wear for the 100th day of school or recycling day. Interviewer: Then she was super athletic, instead? The kind of mom who coached your sports teams? Alex and Megan: No. Nope. We saw her doing workouts in the morning on the TV but she modified a lot. Couldn't do most of the moves. She hated to run. She didn't love playing sports with us, but she did watch our games. Interviewer: Did your mom have any talents at all? Alex and Megan: She loved books. She always found just the right book to read to us. At night, she would read us a picture book or the next chapter in a series we were reading. We laughed at the funny parts and talked about the sad parts. She also made time to play with us. We played Uno and Monopoly and Jenga and Sleeping Queens. So maybe her talents were picking out great books and spending time with us. That's probably it. *** Not an awful legacy huh? Books and spending time.
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Terje
3/13/2019 12:38:16 pm
Very interesting format. When I first read your intro I thought I wouldn't want to ask my youngest daughter. In the eyes of a 14 year old everything seems strange about me. I agree that books and spending time together make good legacy.
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3/13/2019 02:29:18 pm
Kathleen,
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Glenda Funk
3/13/2019 03:12:37 pm
Sounds like the perfect legacy to me. We all know those parents who DO the crafts and projects got the kiddos. Not a good legacy. And this cracked me up: “We saw her doing workouts in the morning on the TV but she modified a lot.“ 😂
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Megan Watson
3/13/2019 03:18:49 pm
I absolutely LOVE the sentiments in this post. What a clever way to think about and share your relationship with your children. I can only hope my little one says the same about me some day... we share the same "talents."
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agriffinwa
3/13/2019 05:59:25 pm
Wow Kathleen, your post is beautiful. I love how it made me giggle - the cereal! and made me teary- the reading !
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3/13/2019 06:18:30 pm
Oh my word, Kathleen. This had me in stitches! I can only imagine what my own kids would say. I am always telling them one of my jobs is to model for them how to break out of traditional roles and not bend to gender expectations (I don't like to cook, etc) They roll their eyes! Haaaa!
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