Moms

     If you know me at all or have been reading me you know there's no love lost between me and my own mother. I think it's because I learned at too young an age I couldn't believe any of the words that came out of her mouth. Which may have been to my benefit in that I found plenty of surrogate moms to talk to and learn from. Sure a lot of teenagers think their mom is the worst and their friends moms are the best. I was definitely no different. In fact most of my friends moms I called mom too. I still do. It makes me feel good to call them that. I can only hope they feel the same way.
     Women can be very mean, nasty and catty to each other. They can also be the biggest help, comfort and advice givers. I worked with a lot of women at the library. Sure sometimes you butt heads, only natural. But most others there were great discussions, advice, and information shared. And plenty of goood times had. Again some of my co-workers were like surrogate moms. Everyone one of us has learned things our own way and had our own experiences. Every one of us has a wealth of information to share. I think I miss that the most.
     I've learned so many things from so many wonderful women. From dealing with kids and husbands to medical advice to yummy recipes. It's great to share stories. And I guess thats why I'm here every day to have someone to share with. It's not the best way to stay connected but it's what I've got.
     Certainly not one mom/woman is perfect. But we can take the best of each other and make ourselves better. No one needs to know where it came from. We can take the worst that we learned and toss that out the window. There's a new show called "The Talk" that seems pretty interesting with it's all female all mom panel. Although I'd rather hear from real women without millions of dollars in their bank accounts on how they deal, I still may check it out. Nothing beats real life, real person, one on one talk. Since I'm lacking my library ladies I've been calling my girlfriends more. Not quite the same as we're all much closer in age but it's still good girl talk.
     I feel bad thinking about some of my surrogate moms who've moved away that I didn't keep in touch with. May have to do a little internet search and maybe get to drop them a thank you I think is long overdue. Same goes for some of my girlfriends moms that are still close by. As we get older we may be complaining about them more and more as they drive us crazy more and more. We do also have to remember that their time to drive us crazy and share their stories and wealth of information is never as long as we might hope it to be. Thanks and Love You moms!