I Had The Meanest Mother In The World

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO THE MOTHER'S IN MY LIFE

especially my mother & my mother-in-law. Thanx for all that you for all you have done and continue to do our us.

~ R & S

I came upon this and thought it was quite applicable for today.

I Had The Meanest Mother In The World

I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids had candy for breakfast, I had to eat cereal, eggs, and toast. While other kids had cake and candy for lunch, I had a sandwich. As you can guess, my dinner was different from other kids' dinner too. My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing.

I was ashamed to admit it, but she actually had the nerve to break the child labor laws. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make the beds and learn how to cook (and much, much more . . .). That woman must have stayed awake nights thinking up things for us kids to do. And she insisted we tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

By the time we became teenagers, she was much wiser and our life became more unbearable None of this honking the car horn for us to come running. She embarrassed us to no end by insisting that our friends come to the door to get us.

I forgot to mention that most of our friends were allowed to date at the mature age of 13 or 14, but our old fashion mother refused to let us date until we were 16. She really raised a bunch of squares. None of us were ever arrested for shoplifting or busted for pot. And who do we have to thank for this? Your right, our mean mother.

I am trying to raise my children to stand a little straighter and taller and I am secretly tickled to pieces when my children call me mean. I thank God for giving my the meanest mother in the world. The world needs more mean mothers like mine.

~ Author Unknown