Cheryl's Life

Fond memories

John and I were talking about our childhood like we often times do. It inspired a post.

When I was little, my mom worked most of the time and I stayed at my grandmother's after school. On the weekends however, my mom was home with us. My mom was not a very strict mom and she let us do pretty much what we wanted. She did have her rules though.

So on Saturdays, we were not allowed to really sleep late or sit idle. We had to "do" something. I can hear her now yelling, "Get up! Clean the house, pull the weeds! My mom was obsessed with the weeds. She hated the sight of them. We had to go to the yard in front of the house and pull all of them. She would sometimes inspect our work. Crazy....Thank God she didn't care about the backyard. If the weeds were not all pulled, we had to go back out and finish the job. I hated pulling the weeds.

After the work was done, we had to go outside and play. My mom would lock us out of the house for a few hours. She would only let us in if it was an emergency. My mom said if she did not do that, we would constantly run in and out of the house nonstop and slam the door. Keep in mind, there were 4 of us plus our friends from the neighborhood that use to come by. So, I use to hide in my bedroom and be very very quiet so that she would forget I was in the house. See, I hated going outside because it was too hot. I did not like playing with the kids in the neighborhood much either. I had a couple of friends from the neighborhood but sometimes, I just wanted to be left alone with my dolls. I loved Barbie Christina and I loved my paperdolls.

My mom is really the nicest person I know. I didn't realize that until I was an adult.

posted by CherylRenee @ 8:53 PM