I was just talking to my Momma dearest. As was giving me words of motherly wisdom and encouragement she added, “I KNOW you will be able to do anything you set your mind on doing! You are determined and you DO things! No matter what it is! You came out that way!!”
She then recounted the story of how, as a baby, I couldn’t quite get the hang of how to crawl at first. But I didn’t let that stop me from going where I wanted to go, all by myself….I taught myself how to roll instead. I was a steamrollin’ machine!
crazy-haired, steamrollin’ child
My Mom would take me to playgroups with other ladies and their babies, and they’d have the Mommy talks, “Oh, how is she eating, how are her naps, and is she crawling yet??”
My Mom would always reply, “Oh, no, she doesn’t crawl….but she is DEFINITELY mobile,”
And the ladies would just smile and give a rousing, “Oh that’s nice.”
Until they’d been distracted for a while and suddenly couldn’t find me, and I turned up all the way across the living room and halfway down the hall.
Then they were giving a rousing, “HOW THE HECK DID SHE GET THERE?! You said she doesn’t even crawl!!”
“Well, I told you she was mobile.” was my Momma’s tongue-in-cheek reply…
mobility is for makin’ messes and eatin’ onions. YUM.
This story is pretty funny to me. But what’s even funnier, is that it speaks volumes about who I still am as an individual.
Even though this happened when I was less than a year old, the same basic personality traits can apply to my twenty-something self.
Impressive, ain’t it?!
I am so grateful to have parents around to remind us who we are, with simple silly stories like this.
Are there any stories from your childhood that you love/are hilarious/mean something to you?! I love hearing baby stories : ) and seeing others’ baby photos. It’s one of my hobbies. Not that I sneak into parents’ homes and look through family photo albums…that would be creepy. But if it happens to come up somehow, I secretly love it. So feel free to share 🙂
love, rach
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