Oh Mama!

My mom and I have been through our good and bad times. But lately despite everything else going on, our relationship has been good. I don't know if it's me getting older or her loosening up a bit, but we definitely have fun now. She's so weird and odd and has so many weird idiosyncrasies that I never noticed before or I just thought were lame and annoying back in the day. Now I swear sometimes I think she should be a stand-up comedian.
It feels good to have this time with her. I mean I'm old enough to participate in those ever pressing "girl's private talks" (Don't ask me to elaborate, I never will) yet young enough to still appriciate her old-bitty tendencies. (You try telling her how much a Chai latte, which was invented in India as a way to conserve milk, costs at Starbucks and then you'll see where she's coming from). She's so blunt, and rude and abrumpt and old-fashioned and stereotypical and all those things that most people, me included, at times, hates about their mothers. But somehow she always manages to solidify her point and make me laugh and make me think about things from a different perspective. Albeit, an archaic and conservative perspective, but a different perspective that I would normally brush off and disregard.
Sometimes, I'll watch her in a fancy store or somewhere out of her comfort zone and I see a bit of myself. You know, a little awkward, painfully shy, not looking people directly in the eye, overly polite. When I seeher like that, I feel a little pang in my stomach. Total Role reversal. She's my kid and I'm watching her to make sure no one slights her or looks at her sideways. The same thing she's done to me all the while I was growing up. It's quite annoying actually. When I was younger, when people said I was like my mom, I would kick and scream up a storm. She is crazy, ultra-conservative, old-fashioned and many other things that I am totally not and will probably never be. But I see now, that we are a like in many ways. We're both funny and bossy and a lot of other things that are way to depressing and repressed to delve into on my little ole blog.
The overall gist of this little tangent is that I feel like I'm getting to know my mom in a whole different light. Not just a mother, but a wife, a sister, a woman, a worker, a complete person.

Mood: Cheesy
Currently listening to: Taking Back Sunday Slowdance on the Inside.