I talk about my mom often.
So today I want to give a shout out to all those mom’s that were there supporting each other. They knew it took a village to raise Generation X.
The mom’s that watched us when our mom had to work late. The team mom that made sure we had Gatorades. The chaperone mom that kept her count and kept her head through “99 bottles of beer on the wall…”
These mom’s cared for us forty five minutes. They cared for us during a losing season. They cared for us on long weekends and they cared for us on bus trips to Lincoln Park Zoo.
Those are the moms in our lives that helped our moms hold It together. It might have been a short period, but it lasted our lifetime.
I give thanks to those Moms today.
I also want to give a shout out to Single Mommies.
My mom became one when I was in fourth grade. It was tough for her. The Shepkids have a single mom who is having a hard time.
I’ve dated some single moms since I started Exile East of Mannheim Road. I remember my dad and His railroad buddies joking about divorced women being like used cars… why take on another man’s problems.
That hit me hard… my mom wasn’t a fucking used car!
Though I’ll stick with that theory. I love my 1997 Chevy Blazer. It’s built for comfort. It gets me to work. It gets me to the Shepkids, the grocery, Binny’s, the newspaper stand, sometimes Sox Park… it gets me from point A to point B.
So single mommies… I appreciate you and the strength that you have getting from point A to point B all on your own.
Happy Mother’s Day Ladies!
