A Little Late, but Heartfelt
May. 10th, 2010 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kitewithfishMy siblings and I are all equally convinced we are each my mother's favorite child.
Think about that for a moment- the woman didn't just aim for not having an obvious favorite: she managed to snow each of us into thinking that we are each her favorite child.
Of course, it's really me, but I don't bug the sister and brother much about that.
Currently, I am the farthest from home, so I tend to think of myself as being the most missed child. Which means I have to work to secure my position from afar- which means that my Mother's Day present had to be pretty awesome. So, I got her a string of "floating pearls"- they're on series of clear lines that fade into the background so that the tiny irregular pearls look suspended around your neck by nothing-in-particular. And apparently I hit suck-up gold, because she likes the style a lot and thinks it's the nicest present that any of her children have ever gotten for her.
Noticed how I cunningly made this post about myself? :D
Be nice to your mom*, because she* loves you, and she's* worth it.
* Footnote: Your mom, or your stepmom, or your a close motherly figure of any gender variation, because it's not about who they are to the world, it's about who they are to you.
Think about that for a moment- the woman didn't just aim for not having an obvious favorite: she managed to snow each of us into thinking that we are each her favorite child.
Of course, it's really me, but I don't bug the sister and brother much about that.
Currently, I am the farthest from home, so I tend to think of myself as being the most missed child. Which means I have to work to secure my position from afar- which means that my Mother's Day present had to be pretty awesome. So, I got her a string of "floating pearls"- they're on series of clear lines that fade into the background so that the tiny irregular pearls look suspended around your neck by nothing-in-particular. And apparently I hit suck-up gold, because she likes the style a lot and thinks it's the nicest present that any of her children have ever gotten for her.
Noticed how I cunningly made this post about myself? :D
Be nice to your mom*, because she* loves you, and she's* worth it.
* Footnote: Your mom, or your stepmom, or your a close motherly figure of any gender variation, because it's not about who they are to the world, it's about who they are to you.
