Isn't she cute?
She's all-knowing, all-seeing, and ALL-WONDERFUL! (I know this because she taught us to recite that phrase every time we questioned her judgment. And you know what? Turns out, it's true!) She can put in tile and hardwood floors, build picnic tables and bedframes, resize, repair, and set stones in jewelery, and make the best pea soup in the world. She laughs when other people fall down, and takes her kids TPing on Friday nights. She taught me that cake is a perfectly acceptable breakfast food, not to pull my wedgies out in public, and to never squirt her with water because she will get you back ten times worse.
I was about 13 or 14, and we were sitting at the table, eating dinner. We had all noticed earlier that there was a new garden statue sitting by the front door. It was a squirrel, holding an acorn in its paws.
"Where did that squirrel come from?" my brother asks.
"What are you talking about?" asks my dad.
"Out by the front door. There's a statue of a squirrel."
"A squirrel?" asks my dad, completely confused. "What's it doing out there?"
My mom immediately says, "Holding his nuts!"
We all bust up laughing, while my dad only shakes his head, pretending to be exasperated, but secretly laughing on the inside.
"You were waiting all day to say that, weren't you?" he asks.
And I don't doubt that she was.
Thanks, Momface, for all that you do for me! I love you and your pretty face!
Love,
Your Favorite Child
Heather
That sounds like a pretty good mom to me! Good job Heather.
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