The above photo is labeled as “Sasquatch and Mom” in my computer. My Mother is all of 5′. And she is the only woman I have ever feared….other than my Grandmother who passed in the 80’s.
Mom is a badass. Born in the Detroit area, one of 11 kids to a working class family. She met my father during WWII, married and promptly moved across Michigan to the furthest western extreme away from her family. Not that she really wanted to. Mom was close to all of her sibs. It was just that at that time, when you were married you went where your husband and his work took you. And that was Keeler, Michigan.
Mom gave birth to 3 boys. A woman in a household of 4 men and her family clear across the state from her. And she did it all with an iron fist.
Today Mom will be with one of my brothers in a mass Mothers Day cookout/gab0-fest/grandbaby kissing mosh pit. She will haul herself out to her car, get in, back out of her parking spot, and hit the road. Heaven help anyone who gets in her way. Mom does have a love for the accelerator on that little car of hers.
Even though when I look into the mirror in the morning I see Robert Dodd looking back at me, I like to think that I have some of my mom in me. Both my parents loved music, but it was Mom who loved being with people. It is Mom who loved, and still loves going to family reunions with her family in the Detroit area. It is Mom who has an opinion on everything and anything and isn’t bothered about whether it is a popular opinion or not.
My Mom is a badass. And you had best get onboard with that idea.
Happy Mothers Day, Mom.
3 comments
Comment by Penny on May 11, 2014 at 11:42 am
I read your blog to Jeff, and we laughed our bunz off!! You hit the nail right on the head!! Badass Aunt Ellie!! Jeff recalled when she and Vic would get into it while playing Michigan Rummy at the lake cottage!! OMG!! Now, Aunt Ellie always took card games seriously….there was no cheating allowed, and she was a fierce competitor!! She never held back on ANYTHING!! And, that is exactly why we have loved her all these years. Bless her heart. Miss her and all of you so much. We need to have a big reunion again. Life is going by waaay too fast.
Comment by wormdude@gmail.com on May 11, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Mom still is a fierce competitor. She taught us early to lose with grace, but then come back and beat your opponent into submission on the next round. Vic did to her what I to this day love doing…getting her wound up over something. She is an amazing woman.
Happy Mothers Day, Penny.
Comment by Penny on May 11, 2014 at 12:41 pm
Ha ha! Thanks, Phil!!