Family...

Is it too much to try to write about my parents?? Is anyone gonna read it?? At this point I think I might be writing for myself... maybe it's just to get some random things in my head out, or maybe it's to remember it later on... or maybe it's to entertain someone that I'll never meet. Regardless, some moments that stand out. I don't think my family was perfect. My siblings were much older so they were never around but my mom was always there. All of my siblings knew not to make mom angry. I used to think that my little sister was my mom's favorite. In a way she is.. but turns out me and my little sister were both her favorites. She always did everything she could to make sure we were happy. I didn't know half the stuff til we got older. But one time for thanksgiving I was home and my mom and younger sister and sister-in-law were cooking dinner for just over 25 family members and my sister said "bet you wish you didn't have so many kids huh...," and my mom replied with, "yeah... no.. I don't know what I would do without any of you." It still brings a tear to my eye when I think about the day she said that. There was a funny thing that stands out too. DISCLAIMER*** If you are easily offended skip to the next set of three stars... So I'm telling my best friend what she said and I get home with him and say "MOM!!, I told aaron what you said about not being able to change diapers on white babies because they remind you of turkeys." She said "I NEVER SAID THAT!!! I said they remind me of chickens..." hahahahaha *** Just had to get that out. When she gets together with my aunts from Tennessee they are the epitome of bumbling old ladies. She was always really good with my friends, even the ones she didn't like. My best friends she still asks about. About a year ago I couldn't think of a good reason to have her come spend time with me so I had to make a plan. Her and I aren't the normal type of people to just me say to her "hey.. I wanna spend some time together come visit me." Oh no.. that's much to passe.. I had to call her and say "I don't know how to make tacos will you come cook with me?" It worked. She even brought her own pans.. Why?? She knows how they cook. I can cook. Mostly from stuff she taught me but I'm good at cooking but put her in a kitchen and it's great to watch. I got my start cooking just like all the rest of my siblings.. Egg sandwiches. She taught us once and that's all we were allowed to cook. Of all my married older brothers only one has a wife that can cook. All of the others cook for their wives and children. We used to play games with her and my step-father Fred. We'd always ask him to do something and he'd yell "Go ask your mother." Then we'd ask her and she'd say "Go ask Fred." Then, we'd go back to him and say "she said it's ok if you say it's ok," and he'd always say "I don't care." Then if we got in trouble we'd blame him.. kinda funny if you think about it. He caught on after a while though... I mean come on 4 kids all playing the same game. Then he just started saying no. The night before I left for college he gave me "the talk". We went for a walk, which we've never done, and he said "If you go out don't leave your drink sitting there.. someone could put something in it, and always wear a rubber." Short, sweet, and to the point. Only once he made me cry.. About a year ago he and my mom came to visit me and I gave my mom a hug and I was just gonna shake his hand and he pulled me in for a hug and said "I'm so proud of you." Cue the tears... I remember in college the sheer panic and terror when I got a phone call that he'd had a heart attack. His special diet lasted about 3 weeks then he went back to my mom's food. dude.. if you had my mom's food you would too. When I was 10 I tasted my friends mom's spaghetti and it tasted like vom and raw meat. I thought all mom's cooking was good... that day.. not so much. I can't imagine how it would have turned out without either one of them. Sneaking into the bedroom at night when we were younger so they could play nintendo, putting out chips and pepsi for santa claus, sneaking us food whenever one of us was in the hospital, and the list goes on. I don't know what inspired me to blog about this but I'm sure she and he would have been happy if either of them knew how to work a computer or the internet. haha ~Love Randy