"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." –John 16:33

Call your mother on her birthday!

I blew it pretty bad yesterday evening.  It really was a wonderful evening.  We did all the normal homeschool stuff, played a couple of dummy hands of Rook, then sat down to eat dinner.  Lorena cooked up some steaks on the grill which we ate with white rice and a nice salad with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and soy sauce dressing.  It was wonderful, but half way through dinner my cell phone rang.  I saw that it was Grandma Sarah.

I said, “Hi Mom.”

She said, “Hello”, then she just waited.

I said “What’s up?”

She said, “It’s my birthday!”

Boy did I feel rotten.  The whole family sang an impromptu  “Happy Birthday” to her around the table, but it really was not enough.  Calling your mother on her birthday is not an optional thing.  We had planned earlier to get together on Saturday to take Grandma Sarah and Lorena to Red Lobster with Dad because Lorena’s birthday is on the fourteenth and Grandma Sarah’s is on the eighteenth, but that really, really, really is not enough.

To make matters worse, after we sang, she said, “That was nice.  Did you know I had to call all of my kids?  No one called me.”

Grandma Sarah is a very gracious woman, but we really went too far (or not far enough?) this time.  Lorena is usually the champion at remembering her birthday, because their birthdays are so close to each other and she truly loves Grandma Sarah.  I cannot image what went wrong.

DO NOT FORGET TO CALL YOUR MOTHER ON HER BIRTHDAY!!!!

P.S.  I got a nice comment from a lady, Lois, who has read our blog.  I mainly keep this blog so that once a year I can print it out to add our scrapbook so we can give some context to our pictures.  I have no idea who reads this, but it was a pleasure to get the note.  If anyone else out there wants to let us know they read this, we would love hearing from you.  The first time you leave a comment, I have to approve it (to defeat the spam), then you can post freely whenever you like!

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11 Comments

  1. Christian

    Ok.

  2. Christian

    Hello.

  3. I read your blog!

  4. Neil

    Strange, My mothers birthday is the same day.
    P.S. I didn’t forget.
    Love, Neil

  5. Dad

    Neil, you were always the perfect child. If you were a good cousin you would have called your loser cousins to clue them in.  Thanks for writing!

  6. Trisha

    I READ YOUR BLOG!! Your Mom just needs to give pointed hints the week before :)!! Trisha

  7. Awww Ken…it is so hard to be perfect!! But wow..
    Your Mom’s heart must have really hurt…I admire her really for letting you all know…what if she had let that fester…you would not have been able to grovel….you wouldn’t get your forgiveness cause you might not have remembered that you had forgot…YIKES…the badness there just horrifies…good thing she graciously let you know…and though hurt…she is able to forgive and move on now…whew…disaster averted!I am betting this is the last year you all forget at the same time anyway!! Keep on keeping on, Dude!

    p.s. (I don’t believe in guilt trips So I also admire that she wasn’t subtle or didn’t hint…she gave you a chance to say Happy birthday…then she just told you..you have a very wise and good Mother)….

  8. Dad

    Susie, We just got back from taking Mom and Lorena to Red Lobster in Salem! We were appropriately contrite and so I think she is going to let this time slide. 🙂

  9. Lois

    Moms are “good like that”. (letting things slide) It doesn’t take much effort from
    our kids to make us happy. 🙂 Neither Daryl nor I have our mothers anymore, so enjoy
    yours while you have them. There’s nothing quite like a mother’s love.

  10. Bryan Joyce

    Ken!!!!!! HOW COULD YOU!!!! I was thinking that maybe age was a factor… but I remembered MY mothers birthday!!! ( Jan 6th)

    Happy ‘belated’ Birthday Sarah! 😉

    I bet Ken NEVER forgets it again!

    PS. Hi Neil! How you doing?!?!

  11. Dad

    I know, I know!! Hey I just saw four pictures you sent from the New Year’s party that were wonderful. The kids downloaded the email on the their computer and I did not see them until just now. They were great! Thanks for sending them.

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