Hive account@denmarkguy, thanks for sharing. Like you, I wasn't close to my Mom whom I lost a few years ago, too. But I respected her immensely and saw what her overall goal was - she wanted to raise a bunch of good citizens, and I think she did.

I was raised with 12 brothers and sisters, six older, six younger - so I am an authentic middle child. As such, I was quite challenging. Part of it was sometimes I was confused when I was included in doing the chores with the older siblings, and sometimes I was excluded from doing the fun things they were allowed to do. I was considered too young. Who said parenting was easy? :-) But overall good memories.

Now today, like all Mother's Days since she passed, I reflect on her life and miss her. Then I focus on the wife and kids and their spouses. But today was strange. I get a word of the day from Dictionary.com as I am always trying to expand my vocabulary. Don't you know today's word was: hellion -
Definition: (noun) A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person.

My Mom, may she rest in peace, often called me a hellion. :-) It strikes me funny now. I hope I didn't cause her too much trouble.