Hello reader,
I worked today, came home super tired, and decided to eat some pozole my tia... aunt made. Let me add, it was delicious!! So anyway, I am watching television while I eat and I notice that my mother is in the living room, watchting the same show. As a lame attempt to talk to her, I screamed across the room something funny that I heard in the commercial. She eventually decided to join me in the kitchen. We were watching a show in which a friend stole her best friends boyfriend. She said "yo nunca le haira eso a mi amiga, nada mas a mi hermana"...... translation: I would never do that to my friend, just to my sister. I looked at her in surprise and she laughed and looked down. I was like what the hell? My mother has always been so proper and so conscious of how her actions may affect other people. Then she told me about the story when she lived in Mexico and there were some young working men in her town because they were working on a canal. She told me that every morning for a long period of time they would walk in front of her house on their way to the canal. My mother and my aunt would look out the window and gossip about the ones they thought were cute, ok, or just ugly. Long story short my mother ended up talking to the one my aunt liked. They didn't go out or anything, they just talked, my mom said that the guy was not that great. I was told her that's not stealing a guy, that's just talking. Then I realized why my mother can seem a little over protected over my interactions with guys. If she thought talking and holding hands was a big deal, what does she think of all of the crap that one can see on television. Another important thing that this chat made me realize was the fact that I was talking to my mother.... yes I barely see her, being a students, part of an organization, plus working does take most of my time. It felt good, I rarely take the time to ask her about her younger years and everytime I ask her about them I get a bigger glimpse and understanding about why she is the way she is. I love it! She has this thing... I get this vibe of youth from her, I don't know what else to call it other than innocence. I guess that's where I get it from, sometimes I can be a bit naive. Most people think it's a bad thing, but I think it's better than always being bitter and distrusting of everyone around you. Let me finish this off my saying that amo a mi mami! Also, if you have your parents near by, take the time to talk to them and get to know them, the feeling will be all worth it.