Yello!
Okay, so this may not seem like the most thrilling topic in the whole world but I am going to make a great connection to what our mothers, or at least mine has gone through, for years before I realized how annoying it was for her. Being that I did not purchase a meal plan this year I am buying groceries on my own and cooking a lot. This is actually pretty nice because I do enjoy cooking and it really makes me feel like an adult finally, as scary as that sounds. But little things that I have experienced while on my own cooking is something that my mother had gone through for such a long time when I was still living at home. (ohh I do not know 18 years maybe!)
It is the small phrase that I have woken up to so many glorious mornings, we are out of milk again. Now I say we are out of milk but Nick is lactose intolerant and Gary and Logan do not really use the milk, so I mean I am out of milk again. It was great when I was still in high school because I could blame my dad or brother for emptying the milk. Then the first thing that I would do is call my mother up on the phone, let her know that we were out, and then tell her that she should probably stop on her way home from work and do it. My excuse of course would be that I was in school all day and just did not want to go out to the store. Well Joshua, my mother had worked all day she had probably just gone to the store yesterday and would love a load off her back. Although that was true she would go to the store anyway, because she loved us, but I am learning how annoying that must have been for her now.
It really is crazy how you see just how amazing your parents were when you were in high school .It is the little things like cleaning the house, buying the groceries, and anything else you might need. I know that for some people they were more dependent in high school but my mother bought all the groceries and even did my laundry up to the night that I left for college so I have learned so much since being on my own. It is just amazing that if I am out of tooth paste, used the last bottle of frebreze, or ran out of milk there is no one that I can call to get everything at the store. I have to be the one to run to the store and buy it all. I have also realized how expensive all those things are, especially groceries, so now I feel bad for always complaining in high school that my mother did not get the right brand or something. That is because she was trying to hit sales and save money whenever she could, she was an amazing mother.
As I have been on my own I really have learned my parents were amazing. They always had everything in the house restocked, without needing to be told, and never needed any help doing so. Now when I go home, because I eat so specifically, I make sure that I bring food and do not make a burden on my mother. And if I need anything out at the store I will call her to make sure she has not already gotten it on her way to work and then go to the store and buy it myself. My mother really was amazing, she did so much for me in high school without me really even noticing it. We also have four dogs and she takes care of them as well, kudos to you mom bravo! I guess I appreciate and love my mom more and more each day even if she is a little over an hour away!
Joshua
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