I found out I was "with child" when I was 5 months pregnant, Jeremy was born 2 months later...that'll light a fire under yer ass I assure you. When he was born he weighed 3 pounds, was not breathing and had a mother that had no idea what to do...no job, no money, a mother that was not speaking to me and a man in my life that was....well, let's just say he was NOT very nice to me. After Jeremy, my mother came around and adored him above all others, I found out that my feelings were not the most important and I had this little person, this tiny fighter that spent a month in the hospital fighting to be here...with me, I found my bite, and my heart and have never looked back.
I love wine, I love playing, I love my friends and my husband, but this....this is my biggest true love, and I could not be more proud of the man that he is becoming, my baby.
Then I met Call-o
It was love at first sight...
Just two more days....
Nothing quite so touching as a handsome lad and his proud mama.
ReplyDeleteHas he picked up a Southern accent in Luh-vuhl? Regardless, I hope y'all have a great visit!
Cheers,
Benito
Benito,
ReplyDeleteLong time no see! Thank you so much, I will admit I was a blubbering idiot when I posted this...my son also saw it and was, "moved"...awe, are we not the cutest?! He looks like me no? (grin) One of my favorite things to do is talk about having a son with people then pulling out a photo, the reaction is priceless, my comment is always the same, "Yeah, I've had some black in me"...even more priceless! I had the coolest French winemaker look at the picture and without batting an eye said, "He looks just like you" I adored him.
Jeremy has picked up the accent, Louisville pronounced like oval...and y'all is a staple now. Just one more layer in an already complex and amazing young person...I swear we will be thumping on your door one of these days, my very first blooging friend. You and I will share a glass of wine and you and Jeremy will have a Bourbon!
Fear not, I'm always reading. Sometimes when the conversation picks up steam I like to hang back and listen. :)
ReplyDeleteY'all are welcome anytime, just let me know ahead of time so I can tie up the dogs and have some decent Champagne in the fridge.
Cheers,
Benito
Ben,
ReplyDeleteI'll bring the bubbles and I LOVE dogs...so long as they are civil and stuff. As a long time reader, (feels funny to say, but I am quite humbled by your continued support of this silly, blathering blog) you might remember that I had my mug ripped off...by our own dog even, 101 stitches and I still loves me some puppies. (Total slightly buzzy side note...when I start telling my story, I think my life may have been a bit...odd. Oh, okay you had your face chewed off when you were 3? Dude..hahaha)
Anyway, I will give you warning or maybe next time I go visit the kid we can meet some place in the middle. Would love meeting you pal.
Steamy?! I'm sure I have NO IDEA what you are talking about...but "Vintage Dugan" was also priceless.
Wow, that brought tears to MY eyes, and I am not a crier. Sigh. What a handsome young man, and smart and super nice too. :) :) :)
ReplyDeleteA rockin' cool family you got there Samantha!!!!
"I had the coolest French winemaker look at the picture and without batting an eye said, "He looks just like you" I adored him."
ReplyDeleteI dig this about Europeans. I sense less hang-up about color and such. Did you watch the Spike Lee movie Miracle at St. Anne? There's a line in there where the soldiers in Italy say "I feel more at home here than in my own country." A sentiment I have heard before.
"Y'all" is a cool word because in English, there isn't a you plural word that is as exact as y'all (like there is in French or other languages).
ReplyDeleteI guess we can also say "yous" but I think we should all adopt y'all as proper English.
I heard in Texas they say "all y'all"!
Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it is more moving when you know the people involved, and why am I always makin' you cry?! Mkaes me feel bad....
Have to agree about Europe being a tad more, (and I hate this term) color blind, but they are more "classist" if you will. When you hear that a Burgundian winemaker's son was kind of pegged as an outcast because he married the postman's daughter..well, they have their crap too I guess.
Nancy,
ReplyDeleteThere are many fine works of scholarship on the word y'all, particularly by Roy Blunt, Jr. Up until the 17th century in English "ye" was used as the second person plural pronoun, but it fell out of use.
Various regions have their own workarounds for the modern lack of such a pronoun... "you guys", "youse guys", "yinz" (Pittsburgh), etc. Naturally I am partial to y'all, though Yankees and other outlanders tend to use it improperly.
Once while teaching a class up north I let a few y'alls and other Southern words to slip into my lesson. Someone made a joke about it, and I delivered a detailed lecture on the development of pronouns in the Germanic languages over the past thousand years. In my deepest Southern accent, of course.
Cheers,
Benito
Gorgeous Sam,
ReplyDeleteI've always said that the only lottery in life that truly matters is the Birth Lottery. And Jeremy hit the Super Lotto big time when he was born to such a remarkable woman. Congratulate him for me on his astounding luck.
And saying that he looks like you is a compliment to him. More luck.
Your HoseMaster
Ron,
ReplyDeleteTrust me when I tell you, he is far bestter looking and a better person than I....I think I hit the jackpot on this one.
Samantha,
ReplyDeleteNot sure why I say that your words sometimes make me cry, but don't feel bad! I'm a verbal person and sometimes your prose strikes an emotional cord in me - I like it!
Benito,
Thank you for the discussion of "y'all." I have not really spent time in the south, but I am curious as to how northerners and outlanders such as myself might use y'all incorrectly. If you write a post on your blog about this, I promise to read it.
Samantha,
ReplyDeleteInteresting point about in Europe there might be more classism than racism. I must ponder this and also ask resident European his thoughts.
Though off the top of my head, I think you might be right - maybe in America the class or economic status was closely linked to the race, given that it is an immigrant country, the first immigrants were of a particular appearance, followed by the next wave of immigrants, followed by the next wave.... whereas in Europe or maybe Asia, there was not the waves of immigration, so how to distinguish groups of people that kind of look the same? Maybe by class.
Deep!