Comments on: An open letter to my mom

By: writerdad

writerdad — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:47:35 +0000

Fine by me! LOL.

See you tomorrow, Leslie. :)

By: leslie

leslie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:06:28 +0000

Okay, can I send this to *my* mother? This is so great. . .

By: writerdad

writerdad — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:14:07 +0000

Colorado is on my short list of places I would move to. Gorgeous from everything I've ever heard from anyone I've ever asked.

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:33:49 +0000

Hi Sean,
Time to move. Try Colorado.
:-)

By: writerdad

writerdad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:35:30 +0000

I've not, but my mom has gifts written all over, falling from her nostrils and ears, stuck to her clothing, and following behind her like Pigpen's dust cloud!

:)

Thanks for stopping by.

By: loricatherine

loricatherine — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:49:08 +0000

Ever read the book “The Five Love Languages”? Your mom has gifts written all over her!!

By: writerdad

writerdad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:33:11 +0000

It's embarrassing that that's you showing restraint!

Please, leave the donkey's hole alone.

(can't believe I just typed that)

Nothing wrong with your last statement. I reread it and it's just fine. I'll post it as is, no editing required.

I was going to bump it until Monday, because I wanted to run something on Potty Training Power tomorrow, but I think your letter should immediately follow, so I'm moving my essay of feces to Monday.

See you tonight!

By: margaret (Sean's mom)

margaret (Sean's mom) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:29:43 +0000

Hi darling, I so enjoyed your letter. It made me laugh all over again. I will have to bring over a flower to plug the donkey hole when I come over tonight. I hope you will post my letter in its
original state without editing out my last statement. I think you originally misinterpreted what I said. See you tonight. kissy-kissy! (you don't know how much restraint i've shown with all the potential “kid presents” that are out there! They could fill your victorian reallll easy! :>)

By: writerdad

writerdad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:27:17 +0000

If my mom brought over a Wii, you would NOT hear me complaining, LOL. It's just STUFF, you know, the kind that has a momentary flash of fun, then just sits there for the rest of our personal eternity. UGH.

Thanks, Kim, I love to think of this letter as required reading. That might've just made my day!

By: Kim, Rambling Family Manager

Kim, Rambling Family Manager — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:19:47 +0000

This should be required reading for every grandparent on the birth of each grandchild. Too much STUFF is serious; in addition to cluttering your house it causes huge stress because it all has to be DEALT WITH. It's spawned a whole series of shows on TV, though- Clean House, neat, Clean Sweep, and several episodes on Oprah with Peter Walsh, the “organizing guru”.

We have the same issue with my mom. She lives several states away but sends large, lavish gifts that she really can't afford for the holidays and birthdays. She gets upset if the gifts aren't used, but we don't need them! (Well, OK, the Wii is cool but she could have sent that one thing for all of us instead of that AND separate gifts too.) Sigh…