Monday, November 3, 2008
MY MOTHER
MY MOTHER IS 73 YEARS OLD. SHE IS A VERY STRONG AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN. SHE HAS HAD TO OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES IN HER LIFE. SHE LOVES TO WATCH A NASCAR RACE EVERYTIME "HER GUY" IS RACING. SHE DOESN'T NORMALLY WATCH THE NATIONWIDE RACES BUT SHE DOES IF JIMMIE JOHNSON IS GONNA BE IN IT. EVERY SUNDAY THOUGH YOU CAN'T CALL HER DURING THE RACE AND HAVE HER FULL ATTENTION!! SHE WILL TALK TO YOU AND LISTEN TO YOU BUT YOU KNOW SHE IS WATCHING THAT RACE. YESTERDAY HER JIMMIE DIDN'T DO TOO GOOD AND SHE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. HE LEADS IN THE POINTS RIGHT NOW AND SHE IS ROOTIN' FOR HIM TO GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN, THAT WILL TIE A RECORD SET BY CALE YARBOURUGH FOR 3 IN A ROW!! CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP 3 YEARS IN A ROW??? WOW!! PRETTY AWESOME STUFF!! I LOVE MY MOTHER, SHE IS THE ONE THAT GOT ME STARTED WATCHING THE NASCAR RACES WHEN I WAS VERY LITTLE. I REMEMBER WE WENT TO DARLINGTON WHEN I WAS 3 0R 4. MY BIG SISTER AND I STOOD IN LINE TO GET RICHARD PETTYS AUTOGRAPH. WE DIDN'T GET IT, DUE TO ME BEING TRAMPLED BY THE CROWD. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM TO THE RACES TO GET THE AUTOGRAPHS OF THE MEN THEY CHEER FOR, EVEN THOUGH RICHARD DOESN'T RACE ANY MORE HE IS THERE EVERY WEEKEND BECAUSE HE HAS CARS OUT THERE. NOW THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHEN I WILL MENTION MY DRIVER.......NOT HERE THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER....... "GO JIMMIE JOHNSON GO!! TAKE THAT #48 TO THE FRONT AND KEEP IT THERE!! YOU AND SHAD BOTH KNOW HOW TO WIN THIS RACE SO DO IT!!" THOSE WORDS ECHO IN MY MAMA'S HOUSE EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SHE IS THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND I WOULDN'T TRADE ONE SECOND OF MY LIFE WITH HER. SHE IS THE BEST!!!
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3 comments:
she is a darn good Grandma or "meema" too! I am soo glad I come from such strong independent women! Love you!
Reading your post reminded me of the times Mama used to talk about Richard Petty and loving NASCAR.
I'm sorry to hear Grandma is so sick... know you will make sure she gets to the doctor tomorrow.
Love ya,
Sharon:)
P.S. I was just thinking about why I didn't remember Grandma didn't have this love of racing when I lived with her.
Then it dawned on me...
She was working on Sundays at the Market... duh!
Pregnancy brain does wonders to the memory... not that it was very good in the first place!
Sharon:)
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