Boo-ism's. Notes from my Mother. I was raised in Meridian, MS before I came up here to Washington. My Mother was one funny lady. You never knew what to expect. She embarrassed me so many times and on purpose too.
We called her Boo-Boo most of her life. Or just Boo. My husband called her Boobs. Every time I went to visit her or talked with her on the phone, I made notes. She was just so dang funny. She was 72 when she died but she always acted like she was about 25. She HATED thinking or talking about getting old.
I'll share a few of my Boo notes here:
1. She said whenever she went driving she took one of the grandkids with her so she could tell when she got to the corners. She said a lot of other drivers held their arms out and told her she was number one.
2. She accused me of driving real fast up to a stoplight and slamming on the brakes so I could fling out my arm and hit her as hard as I could.
3. Sometimes she'd say her hair looked like a "chicken's butt upwind."
4. My mother had two armadillo candles on her coffee table. (Where do you even get armadillo candles?)
5. Once when she was older and in the hospital and when the cute, young doctor came in, she said "are you married?" And he said "why yes I am." She said, "I'm gonna jerk the sheets out from under your wife!" He blushed and just stammered. I felt sorry for him.
6. One time when I took her for an doctor's appointment and we were sitting in the little room. The doctor came in to examine her and Mother told him he should probably get a nurse to come in the room with us. And he said, "why is that??" She said, "I don't want you crying rape!" Did I mention she was a little gray haired lady?
7. Once when we went to the store, Mother started dragging one leg behind her as we walked. As she did this, she started yelling at me, "Stop!" "Stop! P-l-e-a-s-e wait for me this time" (As if I left her limping behind every day.)
8. Boo used to tell ALL the grandkids that they had to save all their nickels for Beer Money. And she always talked to them about when she would go to the Great Beer Garden in the sky.
9. Mom used to say, "My garden is so small I can plow it with a spoon!"
10. Whenever my Mom came to visit, my friends would come up to her and say, "I know you!" She said she wondered what I've told people about her.
Miss her alot. I'd love to hear your funny parent stories too!
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