Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Me, Mom, and Harry Potter Part 1

Wasn't she a cute little girl?
Although my mom and I are close we've never been able to find the kind of similar interests that pull most mothers and daughters together.  Often it has felt like our interests just barely slip past one another.  We are both crafty but wire jewelry and cross stitch seem like a foreign language to my mom who loves sewing clothes and making wreaths.  She was able to share a love of cooking and baking with her mother while growing up and I still remember seeing her cry when she realized that even mac and cheese is beyond my ability.  I've always been a huge book worm and movie enthusiast but in the past my mom has had a really hard time sitting down for more than a few minutes before jumping up to get something else done.  I'll admit that her attention span always seemed a bit lacking when it came to those things.  And I should probably add how much I hate to shop for clothes which is something that has always mystified my mom and sister.

No matter how much we tried to find some mother-daughter activity it always ended with one of us trying to humor the other person and neither of us really having fun.  I think that our first real turning point was when my mom watched the tv show My So Called Life about five years ago.  Oddly enough when I was first a fan of this show I hid it from my mom.  I was quite young at the time, maybe 8 or 9 and I knew that she wouldn't like some of the subject matter.  If you aren't familiar with it, it is about a teenager who is struggling to find out who she is and where she is in her life.  Since watching her three children leave the house my mom has really started to mellow out and what once would have stressed her out she was now ready for.  As soon as she saw me order in the box set of the series she asked to borrow it and instantly fell in love with it.  I think that it might have helped her understand some things about us.  Most of the TV moms that she knew and loved were all very close to their kids and fully in synch with them but the pair in this TV show didn't understand each other.  The mom wanted her daughter to remain the sweet child who wore matching outfits with her and the daughter believed that her mother was blind and inexperienced.  Both were wrong of course.

So what does this have to do with Harry Potter?  At the urging of my husband I've decided to blog a bit about the most recent interest that my mom and I have bonded over.  This first blog is to help you understand the context of what has really been achieved and also to help you understand the strange but special relationship that I have with my mom.

It is a bit late but Happy Mother's Day anyway.
Posted by Lindsay at 5/10/2011

7 comments:

  1. Steve at RandomMay 10, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    Dear Niece:
    The little guy is also cute. Ha, ha.

    Actually, I had the same kind of relationship growing up with my dad. First, he can't sit still. Second, he likes boxing, fishing and hunting. I like baseball, art and cooking. Still, he's my best friend.

    Love, Uncle Steve

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  2. UnknownMay 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    This is Rich,
    I do think both of the little kids were cute. I'm so glad that I consider them two of my best friends. Love you both.
    As for my daughter Lindsay and my son-in-law Kris I can't express how proud i am of them, and how much I love them.

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  3. UnknownMay 10, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    I like the little boy too, I remember him well. Steve and Lindsay remind me a lot of each other. just maybe, the love I'm developing for reading comes from both of you. I do love to sew and cook, but I share that with Cami now. I love to clothes shop and bake with Missy and I always will. Lindsay, you and I share a love for the four seasons, especially Fall's beautiful colors and Farmer's markets. We share our humble lifestyles, Our love for candles goes without saying... (any good sales lately)? Haha. you are my teacher, my daughter and my friend. Looking forward to Part 2..

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  4. LindsayMay 10, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Uncle Steve- Of course the little tyke is cute! Didn't you realize that I was sucking up to you by picking that one? You know I've always thought that mom got much of her antsy nature from grandpa. But just like him she has really started to mellow.

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  5. LindsayMay 10, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    Dad-Thanks! Love you too!

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  6. LindsayMay 10, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Mom-Yes! Fall, farmer's markets, and candles are certainly things that we now have in common but those are recent developments as well. I remember when I was little you hated candles because you thought I'd leave one going and burn down the house! Like I said, you've relaxed a bit over the past few years!

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  7. randymeissMay 12, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Ah, I'm getting misty-eyed reading the blog and the comments. Thank you for sharing. I can't wait for part 2.

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