Memories Of My Mother.

MEMORIES OF MY MOTHER:

- She had this long puffy brown winter coat in the 80's and she was so short when she wore it she looked like E.T.

- There was this one time on the streetcar in Toronto this guy who was sitting in front of us turned around and rudely kept staring at us for the longest time and she got pissed-off and loudly said to him, "What is your PROBLEM? Why do you keep staring at us? Turn around!"

- Another time also on public transit she felt someone grab her ass and she loudly yelled out, "Who is the pervert that just grabbed my ass?"

-Telling me to always keep my back against the wall waiting for a subway, and not stand close to the track so someone can't push me onto the track

- Going to the CNE and Centre Island with her and shopping every Saturday at the Eaton Centre.

-Going to lots of theatre productions, musicals together, etc.

-Going to church and bringing our shopping bags in with us and then going out to eat in Chinatown after Mass.

- Making me chicken sandwiches for my school lunches.

- Visiting relatives during Christmas and summer.

- Calling my flat black fabric shoes from Chinatown my "Chink Shoes" in front of my Chinese friends

- Only scheduling repairmen to come on Tuesdays (her days off work) even after she was retired

- Bringing bottles of pop from the Pop Shoppe home in the bundle buggy

- Ordering everyone at work's Christmas gifts from the Avon catalogue and being their best customer

- Being obsessed with BBQ

- Liking a nice strong cool breeze

- Liking the colour brown

-Knew 4 languages

- I inherited my deformed bent crooked toes (my hubby calls my "Retarded Toes") from her

- Never caring about make-up, fashion or anything shallow

- Wearing big glasses that tinted with the sun

- Loving flowers

- Hating and mistrusting men after a bad marriage

- Liking dogs and hating cats

- Liking gross food like liver, broccoli, Brussels Sprouts,offal, etc.

- Never learned to swim

- Never had surgery

- Never smoked a day in her life

- Used to hide my Christmas presents in her locker at work once I got caught peeking

- Held grudges forever

- Very controlling

- Could never master the computer

- Used to have short curly black hair before it went grey

- Liked Indian, Chinese, Mexican, and Italian food

- Hated Donald Trump

- Snored loudly

- Loved travelling

- Loved to eat

- Liked watching TV

- Didn't really have any hobbies

- Enjoyed crime and medical shows

- Was bossy

-Her yummy pork chops with mushroom and cream sauce

Having kids was a blessing that became a curse.

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