.....mean

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all Proverbs 31:28-29

Was your Mom mean?  I know mine was.  We had the meanest Mother in the whole world!

While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had beans, vegetables,  eggs, and toast. When others had a Coke and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches.  And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times, too.  You'd think we were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were, and what we were doing with them. She insisted that if we said we would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work. We had to wash dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do!

At an early age, she caused all of us to have a "drug problem".  She drug us to church, she drug us to school, she drug us to *MV/AY, and band, and sports and to other after school activities. She drug us to family outings where we discovered that our cousins seemed they have the same "drug problem" that we had.  

She always insisted on us telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds.  Then life got really tough! Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she could meet them. While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were done with College!

Because of our mother, we missed out on lots of things other kids experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other people's property, or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault. Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults. We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was. 

You know, I think that is what's wrong with the world today. We just don't have enough "MEAN MOMS"

MV - Missionary Volunteer

AY - Adventist Youth