Kathleen H. Taylor
fieldaflowas@yahoo.com
Welcome back to Beason. The place where everyone has had enough rain for the next ten years or so.
This week's article is full of the art of motherhood, so bear with me.
Have you ever looked up the definition of mother in the dictionary? I noticed that the meaning did not include the words, "patient", "angelic" or "sympathetic". Of course, I don't have any of those motherhood prerequisites, just thought those words should be included.
Have you ever eaten your words when it came to having your own kids? For example, when I was growing up I can vividly recall saying to my Mom, "When I have kids I am going to let them do it." Now that I've been a mother for eleven years, I completely understand why she didn't let me do whatever it is I wanted to do. Yesterday evening I think I had a "payback" for being a brat when I was little. We decided to spend Mother's Day in the big "city". Avery decided he had enough of Parkersburg and spent a great deal of his time lying on the store floor. All I could do was silently apologize to my Mom for being bad with hopes that Avery would stop misbehaving. No such luck.
I will say that I have learned so much from being a mother. I learned that it is absolutely not a good idea to leave a small child in a bathroom for more than thirty seconds. I know this because a set of contact lenses magically went down the sink. I've learned not to go clothes shopping with a child under 18. A small story here about Ethan and the Wal-mart Nightmare. I was shopping at Wal-Mart; Ethan was about three or four. I let go of his hand for what seemed like a second and he was gone. As a first time mom, I totally freaked out. I looked around and found him nearly getting his picture taken with some other family at the photo shoot they had in the middle of the store. They were like "wait, this isn't our kid." Funny now, but it was a near heart attack for me then. Avery is just a daredevil. He makes my hair stand on end every day. He needs to be in a kindergarten Nike ad, "just do it."
Kathy Taylor and mother, Edna Robinson
We visited my Mom in Calhoun County on Mother's Day. I made a great lunch that did require cooking, no microwave was involved. So, you know the day was serious if there was no nuking anything. It was a great day and I am so glad that we got to go over.
We need to send out condolences to Chrystal Daniels and her family. She had lost her grandmother this past week.
The fifth grade D.C. trip is just around the corner. I have mixed feelings about it, but Ethan is totally ready to go. So, I guess we will put on a happy face and attend. I am pretty certain I will have to have nerve medication when I arrive home.
I noticed the Baker family had a little celebration over the weekend. They know how to throw a party. I need to take some notes for my birthday party that will be coming in August. Plans are already in the works. It will be difficult to outdo last year's bash though. I have a CD to prove it. Hopefully it won't be on the Internet some day. I think I have had plenty of attention already. (Ask me about last week and you will know what I mean)
Well, in closing, I would like to hope that everyone remembered how great your Moms are. We don't really think so when we are growing up, but we get a major reality check as adults.
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