Dinner with mom tonight – it’s Monday in New Orleans, so it’s red beans and rice for dinner. I brought the red beans and she made the rice. I’ve been a little miffed at her. My niece’s baby shower passed a few weekends ago, and she missed it because she just couldn’t get five miles down the road. Meanwhile she was bemoaning not attending some ne’erdewells wedding where she works (she’s known this woman for five months). <\/p>\n
When she started moaning about no one calling her or coming to visit I told her that it takes two to tango. My grandmother – her mother – consistently sent me a birthday card with some cash in it every year of my life. My mother can’t remember her daughter’s birthday most of the time much less her grandchildren. I told her what endeared me to my grandmother was that she was always there – that consistency mattered. <\/p>\n
I said even if you didn’t go, you could have sent a card. She got miffed at me. <\/p>\n
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