I remember my mother whistling while she washed the dishes (she has a very strong whistle). She would whistle along to Barbra Streisand (her favorite) and I would cringe and beg her to stop. Now, it is I who whistles along to old songs (e.g. Saturday in the Park), and it is my kids who cringe and beg me to stop. That transformation didn't take long!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Morphing into my mother?!
It's scary how fast and seamlessly I'm becoming my mother. Last night in class there was a teen popular culture quiz. I got 11 out of 26 correct (although there were some two-parters that I had half of correct). One of the questions was about a song lyric that went "do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips". I didn't know who sang the song, but just the other day, two of my three kids ran into my room singing that line. Not knowing it was from an actual song, I berated them for being so callous about someone with obvious physical shortcomings. I am SO behind the popular culture times!
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Wow this is a great post. You should totally talk about that Helen Keller lyric thing in class tonight. Had I not known it was a song, I probably would have done the same thing.
ReplyDeleteAs for being your mother...hmm...I'd bet there are plenty of differences between the two of you still :)
How funny! I can totally relate. Dan and I were just invited to a concert of Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire. I was so excited at the thought of it and he said it made him feel really old! I am completely out of touch but not sure how it happened.
ReplyDeleteI guess all those years of having little babies and toddlers puts us in a different world.