My mother was a very intelligent woman. She was also a very honest woman. There are very few things she taught me that I can look back upon and say "Mom was just wrong about that."
When I was a teenager she did not give me a lot of dating advice, but she did tell me "All young men are interested in is cars and sex." I think she nailed that one.
My mother once passed on a bit of wife wisdom, a tidbit my grandmother (her mother in law) had shared with her:
"Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% fatality rate."
Yep, pretty solid truth there too. She also had a great sense of humor. Perhaps a bit dark... that seems to run in the family.
She was born and raised in the east and never lived under "big skies" and so I think that may be where she got the wrong idea. Perhaps it was from someone misinterpreting the Biblical promise, but she once told me rainbows only happen in the east. I did find this on the intertubes, showing she was not the only person who held such a belief:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-06-24/news/0106240001_1_rainbow-raindrop-color
We had a little thunderstorm this morning. It makes for amazing lighting and I had a hunch I might find this if I dared to look west...
Ever so faint, a second rainbow was actually visible also:
It is rather silly, the little habits we develop over a lifetime. It is not like my mother sat me down and gave me a rainbow lesson and everything she said was wrong. She made a passing comment once and it stuck with me. They are much more common in the east, even around here. Still every time I see one in the west I get a little nostalgic. I have this tremendous sense of love for my mother over this silly thing she was wrong about. I guess it is that little "human" thing that I find touching. You were wrong about the rainbows, Mom. That error makes every rainbow in the west feel just a little magical to me, thanks for that!
Here's hoping you find just a little magic in the mundane today!
