My Mom
This morning my mother called me on my cellphone while I was on my way to work to tell me about the earthquake in China.
I posted the initial post from home this morning, which means I knew all about the quake when she called. Way more than she saw on the morning news, which was where she got her information. And I told her what I knew, told her I’d seen the news story on TV plus I’d read about thirty more news articles online. But she completely ignored me and spent ten minutes telling me everything she had heard. Even though I knew everything she was telling me. I corrected her on a few points she had wrong, but even that didn’t get it through to her that I already knew what she was telling me. I gave up at some point and just listened. I realized that she was worried and that she just needed to talk, so I let her.
When she was done telling me what she knew she gave me a lecture about how I shouldn’t talk on the phone and drive.
She called ME!!!!! Knowing I would be on my way to work when she did!!!!!
Mothers.