Momma's Boy

A few months ago I had a great revelation my big brother is the biggest momma’s boy I have ever known in my life. I had to say to him and I quote “you are 51 years old (had to add a few years to make it sting more) get off the tit already.” I left him speechless, which isn’t easy to do and I was crying laughing. I had to tell myself that was a good one, and I shared this story with a few friends.

I am the baby and the only girl, so that alone makes me very special to my mother. Her and I can share everything like dating talks, sex talks, and personal female stuff that she could never share with her boys. And because of this bond her and I share this bothers my oldest brother the most. He feels the need to call me and say he is loved more then me, or my mother only loves me because she has too. I really think he is trying to convince himself that he is loved.

So needless to say this is an on going battle between us (that he has created) and I really wish he could just let it rest. I am her favorite child, I am the most consistent in her life, and I am the one that is always there and available. Daughters are always the reliable ones.

Our mother just recently was diagnosed with Glaucoma. Who was there to go to the doctors’ appointment with her? Yours truly. Who is there to comfort her when she gets quiet and stares off into space? Me again. Who calls her everyday to check on her? And when she is sick goes by the house and check on her? You got it – her daughter.

As far as my mother’s diagnoses – it seems like it was caught early and the first course of action is eye drops. Her being in the nursing profession can some times make her the worst patient, but she is doing the drops (this time, this is the second eye drop) or I was gonna have to go over nightly and give them to her myself. And prayerfully this will regulate the progress, which in a lot of cases it does. People can live normal and healthy lives just by using the drops alone. And I am convinced my mother will be one of those people. Besides she is too strong and independent for it to go any other way.

Until next time.