My mom is cool

I have a cool mom. She even reads our blog! Today I called her on my way to Target, and before I got off the phone, she tells me something really neat. By way of background, my mom is one of the most thoughtful mothers I know. Not just that she thinks about other people but she thinks about what she is doing and evaluates her decisions. Even though she was so very young, she thought long and deeply about what kind of mom she wanted to be. I admire that about her. So today she told me that when we were little, she wanted to raise us to think. To think about issues, to think about the world around us. And she did. Evidenced by the fact that my dad called me on the way home from work and I wanted to yell at him because how I think the world should be is different from how he thinks the world should be. My dad is awesome too. But my mom thought me to think so we sometimes disagree :)

OMG!!!

This lady is HILARIOUS!  Butt hangers. Curious now, ain't ya?!

Now you need to go read this post from our favorite, The Bearded Iris.

"Aw, nuts.  Or, how puppies and testicles are related"

Moms

Yesterday, I got to hold a new born baby for HOURS. It was so awesome. Babies are my favorite kind of people. Seriously, they are a cute as you can get. All squishy and little. Another friend is having a baby this week too, so I get to snuggle 2 different babies. Luckiest girl alive.

Later that night, I was on the elliptical, working off the bag of jelly beans I ate earlier that day (seriously people, I ate an ENTIRE bag of jelly beans). I can't work out without TV, so perfect time to catch up on the episode of Private Practice from a few days ago. Thanks to March Madness (or maybe it was because at 10 at night on a Saturday, some people have lives and are not working out?), the gym in my apartment complex was completely empty, thank goodness. Half way though the episode, I am completely hysterical, balling my eyes out. {Stop reading here, if you watch the show but haven't seen the latest episode.} One of the story lines this year has to do with a mom who has brain cancer and her young son. For the past few episodes, you are led to believe that everything would be ok, that the mom's cancer was cured. NOT SO! In this episode, the mom finds out she is about to die, and has about a week left to live. I just lost it. I was crying, running, with makeup streaking down my face and I couldn't catch my breath. I was a sight to behold I'm sure. Nothing brings me to tears faster than a mom dying on TV or in a movie.

Growing up, I wouldn't go to bed if my mom was out. I would stay awake thinking about all the horrible things that could happen to her. The movie "Stepmom" almost destroyed my mental health. I HATE that movie. Its horrible! So sad. I have lots of issues with Disney movies, but one of the main reasons is that they kill off all the moms! We need our moms. The moms I know are awesome women. I've heard some seriously terrible stories of childbirth lately (any reader want to be a surrogate for me?), and it just makes me respect women all the more. I'm not sure what the point is, except to say that I think moms are awesome. And so are new babies.