The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(the title in Secret Code)
(an adult children's book)
(still in the edit phase)
What can I say about mom? She
is 100% Texan but she sings songs about far away exotic places like Oklahoma. I
know that this may sound mean, but my mom is not a good mom. I love her and
all, but she stinks at being a mother. Not every mom can be a cook, seamstress,
carpooling, bill paying, church going kind of woman. My mom likes men. Lots of
men. She flirts a lot. Online, offline, in grocery store lines, getting the
mail at the post office, gassing up her Jeep, anywhere there is a man around,
she turns on her loud “look at me” charm and laughter. I’ve watched men flock
to her like dogs to a pork chop. It’s disgusting to watch, but at the same
time, it’s kind of entertaining too. All that being said, I love her because
she is my mom. When I was born, she was 15 years old. I’m 13 now, so she is
only 28 years young. I don’t know my dad, but I think that I must have gotten
my smarts from him because he hightailed it out of our lives as soon as he found
out that mom was going to have a baby. That is what mom says anyway. I consider
that to have been a wise move on his part. I don’t know the truth about the
other half of me nor will I probably ever discover what my heritage is on my
father’s side. You see, my mom is not only a flirt and a smoker, she is a
chronic liar too. She makes up stories about the goofiest things when the truth
would be juicier to tell. What can I say? Lying runs in the family along with
insanity.
One time, she met a man on a
dating website and told him that she was a child psychologist and an avid
softball player and that she got her degree at the University of Texas
compliments of a softball scholarship.
Mom is NOT athletic at all. They met, she flirted, he fell for it for
about two weeks and then realized she was full of Dixie droppings. Why lie? It
makes no sense to me and yet it makes perfect sense. Does that make sense?
Thanks for letting me express
my thoughts today.
I am glad that I get to talk
to you, my best friend.
By the way, my best friend
is:
A House!
The first
time that I saw you, I was frightened. You scared me to death. Now that I have
gotten to know you and have discovered what you are about, I can say that my
life will never be anything less than EXTRAORDINARY!
You'll have to wait for the book to come out for the rest.....
T:)
