So ... it was National Tequila Day and one of my daughters came home from work, said she and her friends were going out and so she invited me. Initially, I had said no, but at the last minute I decided to go - join her and her group of 20-something-year old friends.
They were young - some tattooed. Gages in their ears. Piercings in their noses. All so nice and courteous and non-conventional, according to the standards of my generation, but ... ALL included me - a 50-something-year-old mother of one of their gay friends.
We talked. I got to know them - where they worked - what they liked to do - how they were spending their summers aside from working.
At the end of the night they hugged me. One said, "It was so nice to meet you - you're really cool. You should meet my mother."
Some of us mother's find it amazing that our children grow into these people that find time to make sure they still include us in their lives.
Some of us mother's find it amazing that these children we coddled and protected and nurtured ... turned into these people that we are so very proud to call our children - and other people are proud to call their friends.
Some of us mother's find it amazing that these children we loved and cherished and raised ... look to us in their young adult lives ... as their friends, as well as their parents.
Some of us mother's find it amazing that these children ... that are somehow, miraculously making their way in this wicked and magnificent world ... are OUR beloved children.
Some of us mothers ... are so very blessed ... <3
They were young - some tattooed. Gages in their ears. Piercings in their noses. All so nice and courteous and non-conventional, according to the standards of my generation, but ... ALL included me - a 50-something-year-old mother of one of their gay friends.
We talked. I got to know them - where they worked - what they liked to do - how they were spending their summers aside from working.
At the end of the night they hugged me. One said, "It was so nice to meet you - you're really cool. You should meet my mother."
Some of us mother's find it amazing that our children grow into these people that find time to make sure they still include us in their lives.
Some of us mother's find it amazing that these children we coddled and protected and nurtured ... turned into these people that we are so very proud to call our children - and other people are proud to call their friends.
Some of us mother's find it amazing that these children we loved and cherished and raised ... look to us in their young adult lives ... as their friends, as well as their parents.
Some of us mother's find it amazing that these children ... that are somehow, miraculously making their way in this wicked and magnificent world ... are OUR beloved children.
Some of us mothers ... are so very blessed ... <3
You and I seem to have a lot in common. I adore my son's tattooed, dredlocked loving hippie friends so much.
ReplyDeleteI love mine too - haha - we are both lucky!!
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