Monday, May 09, 2005
Life In the Fast Lane
As I comtemplate the joyous telephone calls, cards and other vissitudes of motherhood I have received, I am reminded once again how amazing my family is. You all are so diffierent (thank heaven's) but somehow you seem to participate and cooperate and regurgitate your empathy and compassion for each other. I may be living in a fog or in the fast lane but I do know what I know. And that is that I will be your mother any day of the week and twice on Sundays. I am reminded of the time when we went to Wendy's in Delano and all had $1 Happy Meals. Now Nick was too embarassed to (1) be with his family and (2) eat a Happy Meal. but he was with us in spirit. And that is what counts in this life....Clint riding down Cattle Call Hill at breakneck speed and stilll managing to pedal home and not complain. Chad (although left home from Stake Conference) was cleaning out his drawers. Samantha owning up to the chips in the sink. And Trevor - the new kid on the block wearing new leviis (Kirkland brand) with the size strip still on the leg. But was still the toast of the "girl ask guy"scene... a unique Utah dating phenomenon. What fond thoughts I as your mother have imbedded in my small but efficient brain. Thanks for the memories. MOM
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Just a few comments:
(1)Little did Nick know we were too embarrassed to be with him and his cool sunglasses. I think the picture of us at the temple in Los Angeles with Grandma Dovie says it all.
(2)I wasn't complaining because I was too afraid I was going to be in trouble for ruining my new red shirt. (By the way, I can still remember laying on the gravel hill seeing a big dump truck going up the hill on the other side and thinking to myself, I wonder why he's just looking at me?)
(3)Chad still has problems cleaning out his drawers.
(4)Yes, we all owe Samantha for that one.
(5)Trevor was always the one of us willing to try and start a new trend. I wonder what ever happened to the "highlighter attached to the brim of the hat" fad that he started at BYU...
(P.S.)Congratulations, Mom, on figuring out how to post. In the immortal words you've grown to love over the years, "The blog is your friend."
Love ya, Mom.
Hey, my first blog and my first comment to my blog. What an achievement!! And yes, thanks for reminding, me I do have friends, i.e. the mouse and the blog. MOM
Great post, Mom. I don't know how it is with other families (except, perhaps, Kim's family) but it seems that we have a relatively strong attachment to the past. I suppose that's a good thing since we don't get to spend as much time together as we did growing up (perhaps that is also a good thing :-) ).
I second the praise of Samantha for the family heroics. Way to take a bullet for the team.
Oh, and about the picture. You forgot to mention the positioning of the cap with the brim pointing skywards. What was I thinking?
Great post and comment.
(1)First off, Clint, do you mean the Christmas Card picture in which Mom and Dad made 800 copies? And don't forget the pink stoned washed shirt, Z Cavariccis and skinny white tie
(2) And Clint, if you haven't realized why people "are still looking at you," I can not help you.
(3) touche and very funny
(4) Was it Samantha who broke the Mickey Mouse phone too???
(5) Talking about styles, don't forget when Trevor wore the poster board to school to hand out cookies so Nick would get elected to school office. "I mean, it would look good on your resume, right?
(6) And yes, I taught her that the mouse was/is idneed her friend.
Chad
I still have the binoculars dad gave me for taking on the chip responsibility.
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