A Woman's Word

a promise is important and a woman's word is as good as it is used. I make promises rarely and can probably count on one hand how many I have broken, through no fault of my own. I cannot say the same for the loves I have had or the role models that have been in front of my kid's learning curve. But she is learning to keep hers and she is a sneaky lot about it. I know she wants to be a writer but I think she will make an excellent lawyer someday.

Her argument skills are exemplary and she is a bulldog. I raised a strong-willed woman with a voice of boom. The only problem is she will try to wheedle out of her word many a time. Good skills for the trained defensive lawyer but not for a mom or teacher or guardian. Kinda makes me wonder if I will ever see grandchildren someday as though a wonderful child she be to me, I am not so sure she will have time or patience for children of her own. She seems to like them enough but only on occasion and the rest of time they are more of a hindrance than anything and something for her own disdain to harp about. Today she spends the whole day with her boyfriend and his family. It isn't the first time she goes there as we used to live downstairs from them, but it will be the first time they will spend a fair amount of time together. Usually he was always downstairs with her and I to get away from his own boredom and we didn't mind the company. They now need time away from her "weirdo" mother and she needs to spend time with his parental units so that they may form a better bond. He wants to marry her and she him (after a very long engagement and education beyond high school is completed) so it is necessary for there to be this time with his family. His mom and I get along great and I have no issues with his dad, he works a lot so I hardly see him, and his sister is sweet but don't tell her I said that because she likes everyone to think she's a tuffy. His older brother is in the military and married so he, the last of the three, is the baby and it will be an arduous task for momma and daddy to let him go. They trust me and that is good and their son is my son and they know I will protect him with my life as if he was my very own. So with apprehension I will drive the offspring to her destination and pray she isn't too much a pain in their ass and is respectful, for that is how she was raised. I want them not to worry about what kind of woman their son has fallen in love with anymore than I have had to worry about the same from our end. I hope the kids have fun and the only thing I have to say to her is this: "A promise is a promise and it is loosely interpreted and easy to cheat but more worth the effort not to be stingy when the understanding was clear on both ends!" ...be a good girl tomorrow and a good guest!~mobe's love to her all and her all to her loves.