That was not a beating, that was a mother being a father to her child, and I was happy to see it.
Mom loved me with all her heart. I was holding her hand when she died. I got her right hook when I was 18 and thought my mouth could challenge her. That kid didn’t get beat. He should have stood there and taken her mothering.
....”that was a mother being a father to her child, and I was happy to see it.”......
That’s a perfect way to put that.