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Friday, April 13, 2012

I Is For...

I is for Independent.  To a fault.  I don't know for sure but I bet I was one of those babies who said, "me do it!"


I wasn't always this way and I'm not sure how I got to this point.  But I really want to be able to do most things for myself.  And I like being alone.  Now I don't want to be alone all the time but I do want my quiet time.  No, that's not right.  I NEED my quiet, alone time.  Actually I do know how I got to be this way.  I turned into my mother.  Has that happened to anyone else?

15 comments:

1 Charlene S said...

Not only my mom but my grandma too! Tee-mom would sit for hours sewing little dresses.

2 Julie Fukuda said...

BINGO! That was my choice too... (although my mom might have said insufferable) and for the same reasons.

3 Michelle said...

Lord, please spare me the agony of turning into my mother. I would rather someone shoot me. I don't want to be her! Marlene, I know you aren't old enough to be my mother, but if you were, I'd want you!

4 Purple Pam said...

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone, but I say many of the things my mom said.

5 Val said...

Oh I love this post! I could have written this one about me!!!!

6 Annie said...

My mother and I have a lot of the same interests, but I don't want to turn into her. I'm much more accepting of modern so I hope I stay that way.

7 Vivian said...

Yes, I find myself doing things my mother does. Some of them annoy me. lol

8 Mrs. Goodneedle said...

Yep, than's me too; Miss Independent.

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Anonymous said...

LOL...My youngest daughter is always saying them with a laugh and horror! Mom, I turned into YOU!!! ♥♥♥

10 Josie McRazie said...

I always used to pride my self that I was like my Mother, as I have gotten older I have become my Father and that makes me sad. She was independant, bold, and he is more a follower, and stood behind Mom. It is funny where life, marriage, kids and all take you.

11 Amy, a redeemed sheep said...

We are a lot alike!

I am SO my mother...Although I don't know if she needed alone time or not.

12 Connie Kresin Campbell said...

I love being alone, my mother loved people around all the time. I'll be gone this weekend, then babysitting grandchildren next week for a few days and I've already said when I get home I'll be locking myself in my sewing room. I love people but love time alone.

13 Gmama Jane said...

I know all about turning into my mother...God help me!! I also know about needing, craving alone time!! I married a football coach which you well know means lots of alone time. I knew what I was signing up for and always found ways to entertain myself and my 3 children. MY daughter says I taught her some very good lessons for being married to a work-aholic car salesman who has to be driven in order to keep bread on the table. I love your ABC series BTW. I used to have my students do ABC reports on their assigned topic for a report. It was a great way to get them to write more than a few sentences.
Blessings
Jane

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15 Tracy P. said...

Yes, I definitely turned into my mother quite some time ago. Also, so independent. I lived by myself for 10 years before I got married and loved it. I was sort of shocked when God put this man in my life that I pretty much always wanted around. But I still love to be home alone. :-)