My mom was stupid! That's what I thought as a teenager, anyway. It's funny how, in life, our attitudes change towards our parents all along the way! When I was a little girl, I thought Mom was just about the most beautiful woman ever, & the last time I saw her, she was indeed still an attractive woman. As a teenager, I usually thought Mom was so ignorant. Even when I got married, I thought my mom-in-law was pretty ignorant too! As a parent, both suddenly got some smarts!! Even now, getting older, they both have gotten lost smarter! Amazing, isn't it? I was given up for adoption, by my biological parents, when I was 3. I lived & grew up with a family that had 3 natural born sons. I'm not sure I ever found my nitch in their home, but I always had a happy heart! After marriage, moving away from home, having my own children, & my parents divorcing, my mom & I drifted apart. I have not seen her since AUG 1991, & at her request, we have not written/spoken to each other since FEB 1992. I became the "Black Sheep" of the family when I still "associated" with my dad & his wife, after Mom & Dad divorced. I did have a "solid" example of a mom, though, in my wonderful grandmother. My mom's mom! All through my life, I considered her to be the most beautiful woman (still do), that I've ever known, inside & out! She was who/where I first heard about the Lord, as she & grandpa had a tremendous love for our wonderful Creator. She was the perfect woman! She never spoke poorly of anyone. Never did I hear any bad words come from her mouth--she would not even say helicopter because she would have to say that "H_ _ _ " word first! Many nights, when I stayed with her, I would hear her praying, well into the night. It would, most times, lull me to sleep, thinking when I get that old, I would do that too. She loved & respected the Lord so much, she actually knelt on those precious knees, always, to pray: So hurt, & bent, so tired, so weary, it did not matter. So many nights, too, she kept me up, terrified for my life, thinking there was a bear in the house. It was only her snoring, & I lived to hear her snore, many more times! I have precious memories of her, & some of her daughter that raised me, too. I know that someday things will be ok between my mom & I, because my dear grandma taught me to ALWAYS pray! Love to you all this Mother's Day! Momma Walton <>< For Backward ABC roll call: Mom spelled backwards is still MOM!