MaMa's Gotta Brand New Hip !

This is just a small rant about what is going on in my life right now.

As part of the baby boom generation, I am finding myself in between two generations that need my assistance.

There is my mother, who is 81 years old. Just broke her hip. Needs lots of home care ~ actually 24 hour care. Then there is my son, soon to turn 21, who has Down's Syndrome. Needs lots of home care ~ actually 24 hour care. Do you see a pattern here??? My life has been full of patterns. And, most of them have been so obvious that you can't miss them.

Let's start with Boyfriend#1. His mother didn't like me. She didn't know me, but just refused to acknowledge my being. Boyfriend#1 also had a sister Mary who didn't like me. Also, she didn't know me either, but was partnering up with her mom. OK....I moved on and then enters Boyfriend#2.

Well, Boyfriend#2 had a mother who didn't like little ole me either (now, I'm really a terriffic person....not too loud, not too pretty, not too funny...just a great human being). And, this Boyfriend#2 also had a sister Mary who, like her mother, refused to speak to me and/or acknowledge my presence when I was visiting their home. Now, you think I would have picked up on something STRANGE going on in my universe. But, Boyfriend#2 went away after college and joined the Service. We broke up. Enter Boyfriend #3.

At this point in my life, I'm older, I'm wiser, ` ` ` ` NOT. Well, when I finally went home to meet Boyfriend#3's parents, the mother did all she could to tell me HER SON was not ready for any commitments. HER SON was going on to further his education. HER SON was the apple of her eye and he could do no wrong ~ ~ ~ except by dating me. And guess what, Boyfriend#3's sister was named Mary. I never made the connection. It's true, LOVE IS BLIND.

If there's anyone out there with a similar circumstance, or who'se found repeating patterns in their lives, please let me know. This is just tooooo bizzzzzarre to be for real.

I married Boyfriend#3 and unfortunately it did not last even though I gave it my best shot over and over, and over, and over. Congratulations go out to Mother and Mary for sabotaging (???spelling???) the relationship. What did happen though was that I gave birth to two wonderful children, whom I adore with all my heart and soul.

~ The Mediator