~Mother's Day 2011

I was looking through some old school pictures the other day (Yes, I am being forced by Facebook to post a pic of your/my Mom, for Mother's Day.  I usually do not go for such things.  I don't enjoy doing things because others do.  I'm not a contrarian, but I do like to run my life by my rules, not necessarily ones put on me by others.  I never post those "if you're brave enough to post this even for one hour world hunger will be eradicated, Sea Monkeys will be mailed to every man, woman and child in the nation and unicorns will henceforth shit cotton candy," type comments.  I'll buy cotton candy before I'll jump on some bandwagon just because a Facebook status told me to! [except just this one time, I'm scumming because my mom is one of my FB friends and I wanted her to be included in the parade of mom pics.  I'll go along with things for my Mom but nobody else.]) 

Anyhoo, I found a few pictures that seemed appropriate.   All the other kids had sweet pics and stuff and junk.  I almost picked this one:

(Sweet huh?  Hard to believe this used to be that...)

This was even an option:

(Awwwwww...)



And then I decided on this one:

Mom's smokin', there's a Coors (which I'm not entirely sure is even hers.  I am entirely sure that that Coors is bootlegged. [I remember exactly who brought it back in their trunk, across state lines, but due to my unfamiliarity with the statue of limitations on bootlegging, I will not identify here.]  Acquired pre-Smokey et the Bandit days, ya'll.), some Little Brown Girl has not brushed her hair, which really means, would not allow anyone to brush her hair.  And there's tongue sticking out of it's house.  You know she deserved a drink and a smoke.  On the surface it looks like a cautionary tale of some sort...

...Join us for this after school special presentation:  Bad ass kids and what happens to their moms, starring Pam Grier and introducing Kim Fields.  Watch a mom attempt to preserve her sanity as she goes toe to toe with a free thinking, strong willed, crafty and determined to have her way child...

Leading people to believe Mom had it easy with some cutie picture seemed disingenuous, so I went with the more realistic view of what my Mom had to endure.  Which was, and probably continues to be, what would be classified my most, as "a handfull". 

Since there is no gift adequate enough to say thank you for everything you have done, given, sacrificed, taught, dealt with, picked up after, made right and soothed, I am left with THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU. 

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!