Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri
Katy is represented by
Greg Johnson at
WordServe Literary
Read more Katy at
LateBoomer.net
Recent Posts
- Try
- Becoming Brenda Starr
- Off Beat
- Scattered
- That’s It
- So I’ve Finally Signed With An Agent. Now What?
- The Spoon
- Sciatica
- Sweetheart
- A Woman’s Train of Thought Has No Caboose
- However much we own, we are all still living on borrowed time
- After all, when restaurants shrink portions, they don’t shrink prices.
- As with everything in life, balance is key.
- Slow down, you move too fast…
- Yeah, I know. I have issues.
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You Do The Math
My mother, God bless her, is the matriarch of a sufficient number of direct descendents and their spouses to confuse anyone.
Besides her own five children and their spouses, she has fourteen grandchildren and their spouses, and now four great-grandchildren. And to think she herself was an only child!
Today, my sister Mary and her son Adam visited Mom, and took along Adam’s two-year-old daughter, Ashley. Adam never married Ashley’s mom, and now Ashley’s mom has moved down the pike and found herself another guy to father her second child.
Ashley’s half-brother was born a few weeks ago, and I think Mom’s been mulling over this latest development ever since.
So today, Mom put her question to her grandson straight, without attempting to sanitize or legitimize the situation one little bit.
“Adam, is that new baby yours?”
“No, Grandma. He’s not mine.”
She only hesitated a beat before asking, “Well, is he half yours?”
Because you know, if he was, she’d need to add him to her birthday card list!
- I love your mom. She is my kind of woman. I really don't care how my family grows or how extended it gets. I love them all.
Posted by Maria on 01/22/06 at 10:51 PM
- Hi. Thought I'd stop by and invite you over to my joint for a fun word play.
I liked this post of yours.Posted by Paul N. on 01/24/06 at 07:05 PM - Katy, you're a walking sermon--a living example of the verse about laughter. Either laugh or cry. So many times, I've read posts here that are based on such a sad situation, but you always mine something humorous from it. I think God has given you a rare gift there.
Posted by Macromoments on 01/25/06 at 01:56 AM
- What a cute lady. Your mom is cool too. I love your attitude and the sweet way you tell her stories. I hope somewhere you've written the other stories of her life too.
Posted by Kathryn, the daring one on 01/25/06 at 02:40 AM
- FUNNY! :)
Posted by janejane on 01/25/06 at 07:00 PM
- Maria--Mom's been pretty good about all the "additions" to our wacky group. She's a corker, she is!
Paul--I wish I could make it to a writers group! Have you been going?
Macro Bonnie--You are so kind. Your encouragement means a lot to me!
Kathryn--Tee, hee. I counted recently, and I think I'd written something like 150 entries here about my Mom, Dad, grandparents, et all. Some day, I do intend to self-publish them into a book for my family members. The stories will be my mom's legacy...
Janejane--Thanks, and welcome!Posted by Katy on 01/25/06 at 10:27 PM
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