Listen to Your Mother

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Song of the week: Mama Told Me Not to Come, Three Dog Night

I will always love Three Dog Night for reasons that have nothing to do with the band or their music. The song selection is a reminder of all the things Mom tells us... and we never listened... until... well until we learned the hard way... The video is for Michael...

Ramble:

A quick post to say Happy Mother's Day. I am pleased to report Mom and I had a good visit... It was nice and I will be forever grateful. So, because I want to enjoy this beautiful Sunday... I'd like you to read my favorite post about my mother--- I wrote this in July 2005 and it is called Reflection.

My Mother and I have a strained relationship. I believe a great deal of the stress on our relationship is cultural. However, we can thankfully discuss gardening, politics (she is a serious conservative), my niece and nephews, and everything Okinawan. My brother and I have joked that when we are in her presence, we automatically feel like we are 10 years old. I don't know how she does it. Michael can probably tell you better than I what she does to me. I suppose it is the classic mother/daughter relationship. If you have ever read Amy Tan's novel, Joy Luck Club or seen the movie of the same title, that's us... There is not a woman on this planet that makes me crazier. There is not a woman on this planet that I hold in higher esteem. Of all the women in my life, she is the one that I wish I could make proud.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb

My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. ~Attributed to Claudia Ghandi

For the hand that rocks the cradle - Is the hand that rules the world.
~William Ross Wallace

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
~George Washington

Blogs and Links to Check Out This Week:

Anyone that knows me knows that my favorite plane is the C-130 Hercules... OK... OK... the one with guns really makes me smile... AC-130!! So, when I was perusing my Sitemeter report... I saw this guy... My heart skipped a beat... So, go visit Herk's View from the Sixty and Two. I think you'll like him, I know I do.

Mama Told Me (Not to Come), Three Dog Night

Want some whiskey in your water?
Sugar in your tea?
What's all these crazy questions they're askin' me?
This is the craziest party that could ever be
Don't turn on the lights 'cause I don't wanna see

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
She said "That ain't the way to have fun, no" uh uh

Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scare me half to death
Open up the window sucker, let me catch my breath

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"

The radio is blastin', some one's knockin' at the door
I'm lookin' at my girlfriend - she just passed out on the floor
I've seen so many things I ain't never seen before
Don't know what it is - I don't wanna see no more

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
She said "That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"

Mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me not to come (Mama told me not to come)
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son" (listen to me)

Mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me not to come (Mama told me not to come)
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"

Have a great week everyone!