Comments on: Thanks a Lot, Folks http://izzymom.com/2011/03/25/thanks-a-lot-folks/ Where it's always amateur night... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bethany http://izzymom.com/2011/03/25/thanks-a-lot-folks/#comment-208234 Bethany Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:02:02 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=3773#comment-208234 Sounds like your parents saw you as the one they didn't need to worry about. I'll bet you were always independent and I bet your kids will be that way, too. Sounds like your parents saw you as the one they didn’t need to worry about. I’ll bet you were always independent and I bet your kids will be that way, too.

]]> By: Desert Songbird http://izzymom.com/2011/03/25/thanks-a-lot-folks/#comment-207900 Desert Songbird Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:50:10 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=3773#comment-207900 I recently returned from a trip back to my other hometown in FL. I haven't lived there in 28 years, and I hadn't visited in over 20 years. I remember after my 10 year reunion, I swore I'd never go back there. I didn't have contact with any high school friends, except for a precious one or two, and I had no reason to go back to FL since my parents were gone. I really didn't think there was anything from my past that was worth revisiting. I was wrong. I went back for five days without kids and spouse: no cooking, no cleaning, no responsibilities. I discovered something. I have a few friends down there I wish I had never abandoned. And instead of thinking, "Thanks for nothing!", I'm now feeling, "Thanks for sticking around. I'll be back, and it won't take me 20 years." As for "using my education," well, I'm a firm believer in knowledge for knowledge's sake, so I don't think my education was waste. But that's just my humble opinion. I recently returned from a trip back to my other hometown in FL. I haven’t lived there in 28 years, and I hadn’t visited in over 20 years. I remember after my 10 year reunion, I swore I’d never go back there. I didn’t have contact with any high school friends, except for a precious one or two, and I had no reason to go back to FL since my parents were gone. I really didn’t think there was anything from my past that was worth revisiting.

I was wrong. I went back for five days without kids and spouse: no cooking, no cleaning, no responsibilities. I discovered something. I have a few friends down there I wish I had never abandoned. And instead of thinking, “Thanks for nothing!”, I’m now feeling, “Thanks for sticking around. I’ll be back, and it won’t take me 20 years.”

As for “using my education,” well, I’m a firm believer in knowledge for knowledge’s sake, so I don’t think my education was waste. But that’s just my humble opinion.

]]> By: Apryl's Antics http://izzymom.com/2011/03/25/thanks-a-lot-folks/#comment-207700 Apryl's Antics Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:44:11 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=3773#comment-207700 Heh. Work Nazi! Heh. Work Nazi!

]]> By: IzzyMom http://izzymom.com/2011/03/25/thanks-a-lot-folks/#comment-207699 IzzyMom Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:52:02 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=3773#comment-207699 I know, right? I might just start blogging my memoirs. There is SO MUCH fodder from the good old days. My life was actually a lot more interesting back then. I kind of wish we'd had the internet and blogs. On second thought... Maybe not. I know, right? I might just start blogging my memoirs. There is SO MUCH fodder from the good old days. My life was actually a lot more interesting back then. I kind of wish we’d had the internet and blogs. On second thought… Maybe not.

]]> By: IzzyMom http://izzymom.com/2011/03/25/thanks-a-lot-folks/#comment-207698 IzzyMom Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:49:56 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=3773#comment-207698 My parents were all about work. They'd gone far in their respective careers without college educations and they always insisted I have a job from age 15 on. My best friend and I called my stepmom "The Work Nazi" because she was always on me about maintaining employment. My parents were all about work. They’d gone far in their respective careers without college educations and they always insisted I have a job from age 15 on. My best friend and I called my stepmom “The Work Nazi” because she was always on me about maintaining employment.

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