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Being a Mother
I am sure I am not the first mother to go thru this and I am not going to be the last , surely my grandchildren will seek my revenge lol
My oldest who is IN COLLEGE like that means they have the sense god gave a stone... informed me yesterday that she was an adult and didn't think she should be treated like a irresponsible teenager after all she was in college had a job and was paying some (key word is SOME )of her own bills ... She wanted to be treated like an Adult ...She wanted to be respected and have her privacy .... well bull doggies ....
and I will live it the way I want too...( She didn't say it but I could hear those words as plain as day)
Then this morning the child who is a responsible adult who has already borrowed $50.00 this month is out of gas , and needs money , oh hang on it gets better I am opening the mail and I see a letter where her grant didn't get paid because ms responsible forgot to send in a paper that her instructors had to sign saying she was showing up for class.. so she now has to pay for the tuition out of pocket ... lets just say when she walked in there this morning crying and all upset my first instinct was to scoop her up in my arms and hold her .... the next was shake the &%&% out of her 
well you get the picture.
I got up got dressed drove the poor Chevy to the nearest gas station and took the adult child to school , boo hooing all the way apologizing for not being responsible and telling me I didn't have to say a word she knew what I was thinking ...( yep she still knows everything) ... we went to the business office and they straighten out her mess .. thankfully I use to do the ladies hair years ago when I was pregnant with the now responsible adult and she took pity on her the tears probably didn't hurt ...
I was driving home and busted out laughing I remember the day I knew it all and thought I could do it on my own and it came right back and bit me in the butt too so I guess we all go thru these phases. Here is the secret though it felt so good to have her need me again it has been a long time since she has needed her mommy that I wondered if I was actually going to have a place in this new stage of her life , I am relieved to know that I will always have a place it may not be the place I want at the moment but I will always have a part of her world linked to me..
the scale is being super nice to me I lost a good amount of fluid over the weekend and I am afraid to say how much, afraid it will jynx me so come friday I will get on the scale and report my weight here and to the group ... hopefully I will continue the downward drop and be a few more lbs smaller by then..
The Salad I wrote about yesterday or the day before was a Cherokee or Southern dish my mother , grandmother etc would fix here is how they fixed it maybe you will recognize it from their recipe 
Warning if you are trying to lose weight or prevent heart disease stay away from this recipe ..
Wilted green onions and lettece
1 head of green leaf lettece ( do not use iceberg lettece it is not the same and taste horrible ) or 10 cups
1/2 lb bacon
12 green onions
2 teaspoon of salt
chop onions and lettece rinse and let soak in water , fry ( I just gained typing that ) 1/2 lb bacon when bacon is done drain the lettece and onions mix them together with the crumbled bacon and add salt then pour the grease from bacon on the salad while hot before eating serve warm or hot ...
I have no idea how much calories that is in this but let me tell you it is sooo delicious and I love it so I made it healthy by using olive oil instead of bacon grease and bacos instead of bacon and I leave out the salt as well it takes no time to fix and will fill you up ..
Some days you feel like a rockstar somedays you don't ,
The
lyric's play below
Have a great day and remember we can do this ......
hugs
Sherry
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The way I see it, they do need to stumble and fall or they won't learn the lessons that they have to learn. My miss independent ran out of money two days before the next allowance hit. Well.. she's learning that the "have to haves" have to come first and the "nice to have" comes after that. Hopefully, by the time she's graduated from college, she'll be ready because I don't need to be needed in that way. :) Estela
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Sherry,
That graphic with the kitties shaking is so darned cute. That made me smile.
Love,
Kat -
Oh Sherry....what a classic!! They think they know it all....and it's a GREAT day when they have to admit to us that they don't! Us Mom's will always be needed....God made us that way :)
I loved the Christina video....that is one of her best songs ever and it says so much. We are beautiful and worth every breath we take.....I will try not to forget that. Congrats on your scale results....we're going to do this Sherry!!!
Pooh Hugs,
Linda -
Sherry, it is neat when our adult kids need us isn't it? I remember a few months back my son had a terrible earache and came and woke me up around midnight to tell me and I sat with him in his room after I gave him some Motrin until he fell back asleep; brought back memories; they will always need us, I think it is so hard for them because they want to be adults so bad and grow up and be away from their family but at the same time they still love us and want to be here and its a pull emotionally for them, back and forth, back and forth.
looks like you are doing good sticking on plan, WTG!!!!
betty
4/17/08 12:01 AM
Oh man, I LOVE wilted lettuce! Not that many people know about REAL wilted lettuce. I usually make a couple of batches of this in the summer using leaf lettuce from the garden, and we eat it for dinner. Sometimes I don't make it wilted, I just make a dressing with olive oil and vinegar. Oh, and I usually add at least a couple of hard-boiled eggs. The key is to eat this as a meal, and it really is surprisingly filling!
Hugs,
Beth
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