The Color of Heather

After living on my own (with my husband) I have learned one very, VERY important lesson that I suggest every child should know.

I appreciate my mother 1000x more than I ever gave her credit for. The little things you take for granted, that you just assume there’s a setting or just happens magically YOUR MOTHER DOES IT. Obvious examples; cleaning the dishwasher (it does NOT clean itself), cleaning the oven (no, you can NOT just burn that off), replacing filters, getting the grossness out of the coffee maker that one does not think of naturally, unclogging drains (this might just be a daddy thing though). All those little things you mentally think your mom is crazy for bitching about? Yeah, she has perfectly good reason!

I like to say “I have not inherited my mother’s culinary deficiencies” (something she quotes me on), but I would like to publicly announce this is a misdirection. It is true, I did not inherit my mother’s cooking skills [Proof] but I am proud to say she did teach me a few things about being efficient in the kitchen, the may not revolve around, you know… edibles (or in her case; inedibles). So, thank you Mom, for a lot of things I thought you were just going nuts over. I never appreciated it, and took a lot of it for granted. So in addition I apologize for all those times I ignored you cause I thought you were off your rocker (even before you actually were, you know… off your rocker).

And to every child, every teenager, every husband who doesn’t do this stuff normally… give your mother/wife a hug. Cause this is actually a giant pain in the neck! Seriously… I just hit my head on the dishwasher trying to clean it.

Mom, I love you, I miss you, and I never actually gave you the appreciation I should have. But I promise this; I do now!
~HSiemer

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