I’m fortunate to have a
wonderful mother, but this Mother’s Day blog is dedicated to my mother-in-law
(MIL). She deserves all the love, happiness, and yummy goodness available at
Van Otis Chocolates. VO Chocolate Covered Creams will be the perfect gift this
year!
My MIL is fabulous and best
of all, she’s funny. She’s rarely intentionally funny, but she can laugh at
herself along with the rest of us. She’s entertained us so much over the years
that I began to keep a journal of things she and my father-in-law have
said that we want to remember.
Here are a few stories
involving my MIL. Our Mother’s Day celebration is guaranteed to be
filled with lots of laughter and likely, some new stories for the book.
Before heading to the prom,
my MIL wanted to tell her daughter to be good and have a good time. Her parting
words to daughter and date were, “Be a good time!”
In response to a text about
my son’s game schedule change, my MIL replies “G7”. She calls not long
afterward. Giggling, she says, “I meant to text G8 for great.” I point out that
G8 would actually read “gate”.
Upon leaving the movie
theater, my MIL says, “That was a good movie, except there was an awful lot of
fighting in it.” She had just seen The Fighter.
My son said to me, “I wish
you’d have another baby. I want a little brother.” My MIL responded, “No, you
don’t. Soon you’ll be driving, and you wouldn’t want to have Joe Jr. tagging
along.” My husband (whose name is not Joe) said, “Ma, who’s Joe Sr.?”
In his heavy New England accent, my dad was talking about a former,
local ice cream stand called Averills. My MIL, sitting at the opposite end of
the dining room table, said, “Who would name an ice cream stand A-holes?”
Happy Mother’s Day!
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