Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the
meanest mother in The whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had
to have cereal, or eggs, or toast.
When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie For lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.
Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all
times. You'd think we were convicts in a prison.
She had to know who our friends were,
and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we would be gone for
an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.
We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the
nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making
us work. We had to wash the dishes, make the
beds,learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry,
and all sorts of cruel jobs.
I think she would lie awake at night thinking of
more things for us to do.
She always insisted on us telling the truth the
whole truth, and� nothing� but the truth.
By the time we were teenagers,
she could read our minds.
Then, life was really tough! Mother wouldn't let
our friends just honk the horn when they drove up.
They had to come up to the door so she could meet them.
While everyone else could date when they were 12
or 13, we had to wait until we were 16.
Because of our mother we missed out on lots of
things other kids experienced.
None of us have ever been caught shoplifting,
vandalizing other's property or ever arrested
for any crime. It was all her fault.
Now that we have left home, we are all
God-fearing, educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents just
like Mom was.
I think that is what's wrong with the world
today. It just doesn't have enough mean moms
anymore.
...Do you know a mean mother you could pass this on to?