ME MAMMY n PAPPY!

i love my parents, they are some good people. they came from having next to nothing (being just kids when they got married), living in a trailer park... all the way to living in a really great home in a beautiful neighborhood by the time i graduated from high school. they are hard working, love to be with each other and have a strong testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. in fact, they joined the church together, after being married for 10+ years... and they haven't looked back since. not even after all of the hard trials my family has faced. never once have the doubted, questioned or turned their backs on their faith. i wish i could say the same.

today, i was folding laundry, sitting on my knees and realized that i look just like my mom. gosh, all of the memories i have of being outside playing and running in to find my mom hard at work, folding socks, surrounded by piles and piles of jeans and t-shirts alike. it made me realize how, even though we never intend to, we turn into our parents. i've heard this said many a time, but only when it really hits you personally, does it really make you sit back and think... HOLY CRAP... I'M JUST LIKE MY DAD!! or GEEZ, I'M DOING THIS JUST LIKE MOM DID!!

and not that being my parents is a bad thing- per say. but remember all of those annoying things your parents did that you SWORE you would never do or say... guess what-- you'll do it too... just like they did.

but because i like my parents, i am proud to say that i am a perfect (eh?) amalgam of the two of them. i took the good and the bad from each to form SUPER PEGGY! such as:

i have my mom's smile
i have my dad's eyes
my mom's creative juices
my dad's flare for the dramatic
my mom's exuberance for life
my dad's verbose-tell-you-even-if-you-don't-ask-what-i-thinkness
my mom's scrunched nose-look
my dad's sweet-tooth
my mom's love for children
my dad's ability to connect to children
my mom's perfectionism
my dad's loud singing voice
my mom's chronic neck pain and headaches
my dad's story telling ability (although i could never duplicate those neechi stories)
my mom's love for holidays
my dad's throwing arm
my mom's cry-at-everythingness (that's a new one)
my dad's never give up attitude
my mom's idealism
my dad's people-person-ness

and on and on it goes...

is there a way to stop yourself from being an annoying parent? probably not. so i will just embrace it-- like i embrace them.

LOVE YOU MOMMY and DADDY!