Mama, mama you know I love you

I figured in the spirit of Mother's Day I'd 1) make my mom cry and 2) put some photos up that prove I am my mother's daughter. 

Remember when you were a teenager? You swore...SWORE you'd not turn out like your mom. She was nuts, after all. And represented everything you thought was old and conservative.

Then somewhere in your early 20's when you're living on spaghetti O's and the dreams of our future, you stop yourself when you say something your mom used to say.  You have a moment where you have to sit down and think, "Holy crap! It's happening."

Then in your 30's you start to repeat things your mom said ALL THE TIME.  In fact, it becomes so frequent that you can't tell where her vocabulary ends and yours begins.  Then you have to sit down, take a moment, and suddenly feel that you're mom's a pretty cool person and you don't mind at all being just like her.  In fact, you're glad you are.

Maybe that was just how my life felt. Maybe not.  Now that I'm in my 40's I can see so many resemblances that it's scary. Too scary.  And as we've aged, we find ourselves finishing each other sentences and calling at the same time.  Spooky.

So mom, for Mother's Day - beside the awesome flowers I sent you - I give you this: Old photos that'll make us both groan, and song lyrics that really express what you mean to me. I lubya! (and no ChickenLady that's not a typo. Well it once was a typo between mom and I. Then it became such a frequent typo during chat that we now just type it.)

Song for Mama

You taught me everything,

And everything you’ve given me,

I always keep it inside,

You’re the driving force in my life, yeah

Circa - a hella long time ago or 1983

There isn’t anything

Or anyone I can be

And it just wouldn’t feel right

If I didn’t have you by my side

You were there for me to love and care for me

When skies were grey

Whenever I was down

You were always there to comfort me

And no one else can be what you have been to me

You’ll always be you always will be the girl

In my life for all times

1986 - At the Alhambra, Madrid Spain

Mama, mama you know I love you

Oh you know I love you

Mama, mama you’re the queen of my heart

Your love is like

Tears from the stars

Mama, I just want you to know

Loving you is like food to my soul

Saudi Arabia - Summer of 1986

You’re always down for me

Have always been around for me even when I was bad

You showed me right from my wrong

And you took up for me

When everyone was downing me

You always did understand

You gave me strength to go on

There was so many times

Looking back when I was so afraid

And then you come to me

And say to me I can face anything

And no one else can do

What you have done for me

You’ll always be

You will always be the girl in my life

Yah, no I don't look anything like her.  Too bad we aren't that skinny anymore.