#mommom

[writingwell]

on the drive out here she told me getting old is hell

the wind sheaths her skirt, brushed cotton past her knees, revealing the melted-cream shape of her thighs. she has stopped wearing slips every day. I tug her coat closer around, wish I could stop her in the doorway and zip her up like a child.

how much does this cost? her fingers fumble at the billfold’s clasp, she counts silent and off- key, frowns and starts again, slower. I could say ‘you already paid for it’ or ‘let’s settle the check later’ but it won’t stay. sure enough, carrying the baggage up to the room, I hear her going through her purse again, looking for money.

you know Carolyn used to save every penny— we gave them an allowance as children, small but it was important they worked for something. Carolyn kept every cent, but your mother spent every last thing that came to her. she couldn’t close a fist around a nickel.

I fist the socks she had folded back into the suitcase, slip them into the dirty clothes hamper when she turns around for the bed. it’s a process, climbing up onto the mattress. one of the great-grands

wants to call her, hear her bedtime story. I have to hold my phone up to her ear because it is too smooth, too alien for her to grasp. she sounds tired, what have you done to her my cousin texts me after.

she lays her head down, her back to me. I smooth the sheet and step away. a reasonably-priced room and a stranger’s sheets seem to be how she wakes every day

I don’t know where I am. ‘you’re with me’ I tell her. you’re going home. one of these days.

©laurabontrager

[ayiemojis]

Mood point up — mood point down

Mood — mommy

Mommom — mom

Advil — right

[autumngravity]

We are going through my Mommoms things and came across these pins

I don't know anything about them and I want to know if they have any significance/meaning behind them. Anyone have a clue?

My Pop Pop was in the Navy during the Korean War if that helps.

[crazy-hand-official]

please keep my family in your prayers during this fucked up time.

[irregodless]

i tried to dye my tips purple for my grandmother but my hair is so dark that even with my hairdresser using the strongest bleach she couldnt it didnt take

[daisies-on-a-cup]

[etdraconis]

( someday I may be able to listening to Marjorie by Taylor Swift without crying. Today is not that day 😭 )

[ourpokemonteamtournament]

If you vote please reblog to help us get as wide a net as possible. Round 28 Masterlist

[madame-mongoose]

Chapter 8 makes me giggle. Even his moaning is silly

WHEN I FIRST PLAYED IT MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOORRRR im so fucking glad I had headphones bc I was playing it at my grandma's 😭

[lyekisses]

starting to feel a little guilty for not visiting my family during this trip but i’m a three hour drive away and i don’t have a car!!! or a drivers license!!!!

[greyseashitpost]

so, this also happened to my grandmother, except she didn’t know till she was 14. at the hospital, her Italian immigrant mother tried to name her Magdalena, but the nurse either couldn’t understand her accent or didn’t care to respect her wishes and wrote Eleanor on the birth certificate. Her mom got home and told my grandma’s older sisters that the new baby was called Eleanor and they said “Ma that’s a terrible name. We’re calling her Diane” (after a character in a popular soap opera at the time). They called her that her entire life, her parents only ever called her ‘little deer’ in Italian, and they somehow convinced the nuns at the catholic school to go with Diane. She didn’t know her name was legally Eleanor until she graduated from the 8th grade and told her mom they put the wrong name on her certificate, only to discover that was in fact her name.

imagine forgetting to tell your kid their own name

[stopfunkinwmyheart]

I forget if I posted ab it but like a month ago I had to have Mommom get me bud from tha dispensary bcos my id expired.

They took my id when I went to get my license which is retarded as fuck bcos they have to mail me the license.

Anyway poppop is buying my penjamins for me rn…………..

[chariot-to-somewhere]

One of my mommom's really close friends died yesterday. His wife just called my mom to tell her.

Joe was 97 so it's not a major shock or anything. But it's still sad. He's been Ginny's caretaker for the past several years because she's no longer able to walk.

[afoxymulder]

I miss you John Denver

[pikaglove]

And they try to find loopholes by claiming their dog is a registered Emotional Support Animal. Which newsflash: ESAs are not service animals and are not exempt from entering places where animals normally aren't allowed to go!! (State regulations may vary tho)

ESAs are not trained to do tasks that help a disabled person, they are typically for comfort/support. ESAs have completely different regulations and protections, a walmart trip is not one of them!

We gotta do something about the way dog owners behave. No other pet owner is just bringin the pet wherever the fuck they go all the time but for some reason with dog owners they think its fine if they bring their dog to the gym and taco bell and whatever. And you invite a dog owner to your house where youve got your own pets youve got your dog and your cats and whatever it is you have and this dog owner shows up at your door like "oh i brought my dog i hope thats okay hes so sweet youll love him" and it is always the most untrained poorly behaved agressive animal that has ever lived. And we all have to pretend like its acceptable behaviour well im sick of it

[trickster-tabby]

I need a shirt that says "too old, too dumb, and just don't give a damn -mommom"