Nutty Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree

Well...I have dedicated the last few posts to my in laws...but maybe I should turn that critical eye to my DNA pool that I call family.  The are a wide assortment of normal to insane...if you could a Baptist Minister to normal and a convicted felon as insane, but at times those are one in the same, aren't they?

I have rednecks on one side and what I use to consider life haters on the other...but let's be fair, it is really more trailer trash.  Didn't use to be that way, but I guess we all give up on life and all that it has to offer at some point and you become the 'cat lady' on your block.

The sad part is that the matriarchs, and I use that term loosely for one side, are coming to the end of their lives.  I had the true Teen Mom parents when I was born and spent a lot of my time with both of them.  I learned a lot from them my early years.  Cooking and laughter from one and how to be able to be so self centered and cold from the other.  Both lessons I have learned well and become adept at doing.

I wish I was a smarter person.  Since I really do think that the parenting skills or lack thereof is passed from generation to generation and for those negative traits find a cure.  However, I am working hard to break that cycle, but that coldness does creep out in me when I am dealing with people.  Mostly adults that act like children and honestly...who has the time to put up with that crap?

I will honor these important women in my life when their time comes to an end on this Earth.  I will honor them with my own thoughts by writing down my memories that probably no one else will see, but it will be there for me and that is all that matters.

These two important and different women have helped shaped me and how I view the world and their lessons I never will forget.  They are my reality in this world when I get to where I can not see clearly, and I will look for their guidance even after they are gone.  However, I will know have to assume that position for those that come after me and hope that I leave as an lasting impression in my grandchildren as they have left on me.  I just hope it in the normal range...