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How soon before we start shooting our TV’s for the Nelson Mandela lovefest?

This is the Lamestream media’s wet dream. Last night 20/20 had a one hour thing praising and praying....

....but okay, Mandela had his issues but he was a Communist, let us not forget.

Here’s my prediction for next week yon ladies and gems, It will be all Obama and his comparison to Mandela.

Already the White Hut has sent out snippets....”suggesting” the wussies use it as a sight/sound clip.

THIS IS HIS CHANCE!

The night oil burns. Deep in the night Valerie and Michelle sit and talk how to play it up. Already they’ve released some pic of Obama in Mandela’s jail cell.

Look for stories on how Obama read everything he could about Nelson Mandela. Or watch for tales about Obama’s “Mandela” moments, actions he took for his admiration of the man.

Oh.....and of course there will be the speech during the ceremony.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost can you imagine the tome he’s going to speak?

As for the granddaughter....it’s different down here. Daughter and son-in-law kinda getting it. First she missed Halloween in a sense because....no one goes trick or treating in Sussex county! They got some thing set up down by the outlets but it’s a sem-rural area.

So too there is no Chuck E. Cheese on every corner and you don’t blast out a mass email to everyone in your class with date, time and birthday child gift preferences.

So Monday daughter sends out invite. She NEVER had a birthday party for Kaitlyn in her home. She was a wreck. Went out and bought a piñata, pin the tail....all games. Plan hot dogs and hamburgers. Birthday cake in Ravens theme....go on.

TWO kids RSVP’d from invites that KAITLYN handed out in school on the bus. All week Kaitlyn begging Mom...”can I invite Joey....or whoever”. Daughter gave directions; Kaitlyn said she saw two people walking up to the house across the street but this was Kaitlyn, who was getting to realize that no one was at her bday party and it was now fifteen minutes past starting time.

She has two kids who live behind her and they all play together. Daughter says Madison and Mason can’t come to five pm but Kaitlyn telling me...oh no....Mom’s mistaken, Madison will be here at 1pm.

So here’s Kaitlyn all expecting at least four kids and dreaming of pin the tails. Finally she looked at her Mom and broke down. “Mom, nobody’s coming to my party!”

Well I cried just as hard. Man, to watch someone you love so much suffer what I think was Kaitlyn’s first broken heart....man it tore me up.

So her other grandmother arrived...SHE was an hour late those people have no respect for time. We have a little party, sing....course her grandmothers give the best gifts anyway so Kaitlyn adopted a brave face.

Then come five pm the two children from behind DID come romping over and Kaitlyn had an hour and a half of the best fun. They played piñata, pin the tail.....off of this while I was home in my house and reading of it on Facebook.

Sussex county Delaware.....lower and slower.

Gotta get used to it.

For a while there I was scared my daughter was going to tell me they were moving back to the city.

For if anyone’s “suffered” (or “enjoyed”) this move from city to countryside....it’s Kaitlyn. Every day her mother used to personally drive her to school. Now Kaitlyn rides a school bus beginning at 6:35 am and lasting an hour...just to go five miles to Georgetown. Same way back home....an hour school bus ride.

SHE LOVES IT!

She loves her school bus driver, she loves the country/western music the driver plays (but of course-daughter tells me we have no decent radio stations though we have no one but TWO all political talk radio stations...how many people can say that?)...she loves her school which consists of 50% Hispanic.

Oh....heh.

She loves that I am interviewing her teacher’s father and, indeed, loves having her Mom Mom in all the newspapers and on TV.

She goes to church with me and she is both Saint Elizabeth and a Magi in the upcoming church play (where I, in the choir, will sing)...her whole family is coming to this thing...NEXT SATURDAY if you’re in the neighborhood.

But it ain’t the city and hey.....they’re getting used to it.

Lower and slower......

What happened to writing out invites and handing them out to the Class at school? My kid went to a Catholic school , two classes of thirty each, Rented out a roller skating rink, invited Moms and siblings..Whole party cost me 3 Hundred and everyone had a blast. It was the “personal” touch Pat, not that long ago! I am the proud Mom of a very kind and respectable 19 year old only child.
Crappy Pizza included. Same thing with Halloween, we had a party at the school.
Not me, but all of us Moms, our kids lived in 7 different towns.
Tell your daughter that she needs to “connect” with the Mommy universe, get outta the car at pickup, volunteer at the school, offer to help out other Moms when you can. This ain’t Rocket Science… no offense intended!
Oldest and onlies have a tougher time and need to be supported by more than a “show” from Mom and Dad.

Love and support your kids, they grow up and go away so quickly. Not trying to be a shrew, honestly. Volunteerism is the key when you have an only child.

You got a nice response from the man at church that felt badly about his response to K’s presence at choir practice.. it takes time and effort.

I truly mean no offense but where do all of the kids hang out when they come home from College? At our house ‘cause we feed them, support them, show up at their games and we let them have fun.