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Momma’s Day!

During morning walk-about, a young friend stopped to share this conversation:momsday

  • Child:  Hey, Mrs. Van!  I have something to say!
  • Me:  I’m ready; say it!
  • Child:  We’ve been thanking our teacher and the nurse all week, but now it’s time to thank my momma.  Look at my QR code card I made to share with her!  She can scan it and then hear my beautiful voice!
  • Me:  This is amazing!  WOW!  So what’s the best thing about your momma?
  • Child:  Well, she makes me fries with cheese, cuts my apples for my lunch, and tucks my brother into bed each night.
  • Me:  Does she tuck you in too?
  • Child:  I’m too big for that now, silly!  But she does tuck her momma into bed now and helps her do other stuff which means I’ll have to help her like that someday too.  She says to her, “I just don’t know how you did it, momma.”  Really, everyday is momma’s day at our house…   🙂

Three generations living in one home sharing and caring and making memories for the future…what a blessing!  So for all you moms out there, just know that in a small yet powerful way, every day is Momma’s Day for you!  🙂  Celebrate and enJOY!

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Moms and Dads

The most interesting conversation ensued the other day while assisting a small group of learners with some tough conversational questions during lunch time.  This group was discussing moms and dads as one student interviewed them (and in order to protect the innocent and their honest responses I’m choosing not to divulge much else here):

Why do we have moms and dads?

  • To help us clean our rooms
  • To take out the trash in their robe
  • Mostly to keep me in line and stuff like that ’cause I’m not ready to be on my own just yet…

What’s the difference in moms and dads?

  • Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have the real power ’cause that’s who I have to ask if I want something.
  • It depends on who wears pants that day.
  • Moms work at work and at home; dads just go to work and do chores.
  • Moms give medicine cause dads don’t read ‘constructions’ on anything.

If you could change something about mom or dad, what would it be?

  • Get rid of those eyes in the back of her head…scary, really scary.
  • I would make them smarter then they would know it was my brother who did it and not me all the time.

I love my work with learners; they never cease to amaze me in their responses (and I can hardly wait to see what they say about our Miller staff)!  Thanks, moms and dads, for sharing your most valuable resource with us everyday at LME!   🙂