Mother at almost 89, is the Betty White of the family. the older she gets the more amazing she becomes.
Latest adventure was when she driving home from the grocery store in the next state and had her car die on her. All alone she pulled to the side of the road and put on her flashers.
A car with a young couple--to her they could have been in their 50's--- pulled up and called AAA on their cell phone. The couple not only drove her home but unloaded her grocery's for her. She is confused as she only got first names from them except for the woman who said her name was Smith. She said she worked for a local hospital and that is about all the information she could drag out of them.
Now Mom wants to send them a gift certificate for the local grocery store and try to track them down. She is all so good at this and a hard headed woman when it comes to repaying people that do her a good turn.
She has told me she may go to the local newspaper with her story to Honor these good people.
All well, and good intentions are the road to Hell. Suppose these people do not want to be found, Why not come right out with their names and addresses, --what if these people are in the Wittiness Protection Program.? Mom did say that the woman was a good 20 years older then the male, [ these are the things we think about in this day and age.]
Mom meanwhile waits for her faithfull Arab mechanic to fix her 30 year old car, and fears she may have to finally buy a new one.
Mom is more full of life then she was 60 years ago, at her age she can now enjoy without worry her family. She has her small adventures and had a few big ones with me,--heart stopping ones for me, as when she put her purse into the Ex ray machine going into a tour at the white house and I saw she had a knife in the bag--to cut her fruits she said, and no one noticed.
This may be an ODE to Mothers everywhere. It is not what you do or do or not due for a child, it is what the relationship as an adult with a mother that counts. Kids forget most of their upbringing, some things may stand out but most is forgotten in time. As you age you begin to understand your parent, but it may take 20 more years before they understand you.
It may take 50 years to appreciate your parents but darn it all, there are adventures you can both share and enjoy that makes you all so greatfull for having these people in your life.
