today i saw something that took me back 14 years almost instantly.
i was almost to work when i passed one of Unum's employee entrance areas. as i passed there was a car in the pull off area. a lady was hugging her son who was climbing into the driver seat and she started walking around the car to give her daughter a hug who was climbing out of the car. it was a surreal sight that i am sure is repeated hundreds if not thousands of times every morning all across the country.
it warmed my heart because i knew what was going on. this mom was being dropped off by her kids on their way to school. a sacrifice of freedom for the mom to give up the only automobile in the family so that the kids could go to school.
my mom was one of those moms when we were kids. i had the privilege of getting my license at 15 and for the first several months i was driving (and periods in between cars) we all used one car. we'd load into the little plymouth sundance early enough so that jarrod and i could drop mom off at her job then book it to school.
i am envious of mom's like mine and the one i saw this morning. they are selfless to a fault and they should be praised for it.
thanks mom for doing what you had so that jarrod and i turned out the way we did! i love you!
Babe, that is sweet. It is very evident even today that she loves you so much.
ReplyDeleteI shared a car with my mom for basically 3 years (though one was with a learners permit so I didn't get to drop her off that year). It was a Cadillac, and from the day I turned 16 and could drive without her, until a month and a half after I turned 18 when I got my own car, we loaded up in her car and I dropped her off at work while my brother and I went on to school. Granted her work was the elementary school next door, but still :) And I definitely drove her car more on the weekends than she did! I guess I hadn't thought about that until now, what a sacrifice that was. I wonder if I would be willing to do that for my own [potential future] kids?
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