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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 531242" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>It's never been one of my favorite holidays either! In fact, when the kids were younger and I was still married, there were a few years when Mother's Day wasn't even mentioned! Of course, the kids took their lead from their dad and he had told them that I really didn't care about Mother's Day! For the record, I DID! I did and he knew it! I cared very much and it hurt terribly! And I told him that the next day when everyone at work was talking about what they got for Mother's Day, when they asked me, my answer would be "NOT A DAMN THING!" </p><p></p><p>So now, many years later ... I'll probably get a phone call from my daughter on Sunday and we'll wish each other a Happy Mother's day. And my son has been pretty good about it but we'll do tomorrow instead of Sunday. He's spending the night tonight so he will be here bright and early tomorrow morning when the Yankees invade our little town, killing our Confederate troops, taking the rest prisoner, and burning the county courthouse, all a half block from my house! They have this Civil War reenactment here every year and it keeps getting bigger andmore elaborate every year! My son has never seen it. Back in 1863 the Yankees came down the Tennessee River on boats, marched through the night to our town, attacked at dawn, then burned the courthouse that was used as a Confederate recruiting place! It was the first instance during the Civil War where troops were brought in by boat and it's very different from most reenactments in that this one takes place right in the middle of town instead out out in a battlefield somewhere. Last year there were skirmishes going on up and down my street as they advanced, Yankee troops hiding behind my house, and horses everywhere! And I always get a good giggle out of it! Most of the reenactors park in the city lot next to my house. And it's so darned <u>funny</u> to see these guys in their very authentic Civil War uniforms getting out of their SUV's, talking on their cell phones!</p><p></p><p>And if I am very lucky, for Mother's Day, my son just might pay me back some of the money he owes me! But I'm not counting on it ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 531242, member: 1883"] It's never been one of my favorite holidays either! In fact, when the kids were younger and I was still married, there were a few years when Mother's Day wasn't even mentioned! Of course, the kids took their lead from their dad and he had told them that I really didn't care about Mother's Day! For the record, I DID! I did and he knew it! I cared very much and it hurt terribly! And I told him that the next day when everyone at work was talking about what they got for Mother's Day, when they asked me, my answer would be "NOT A DAMN THING!" So now, many years later ... I'll probably get a phone call from my daughter on Sunday and we'll wish each other a Happy Mother's day. And my son has been pretty good about it but we'll do tomorrow instead of Sunday. He's spending the night tonight so he will be here bright and early tomorrow morning when the Yankees invade our little town, killing our Confederate troops, taking the rest prisoner, and burning the county courthouse, all a half block from my house! They have this Civil War reenactment here every year and it keeps getting bigger andmore elaborate every year! My son has never seen it. Back in 1863 the Yankees came down the Tennessee River on boats, marched through the night to our town, attacked at dawn, then burned the courthouse that was used as a Confederate recruiting place! It was the first instance during the Civil War where troops were brought in by boat and it's very different from most reenactments in that this one takes place right in the middle of town instead out out in a battlefield somewhere. Last year there were skirmishes going on up and down my street as they advanced, Yankee troops hiding behind my house, and horses everywhere! And I always get a good giggle out of it! Most of the reenactors park in the city lot next to my house. And it's so darned [U]funny[/U] to see these guys in their very authentic Civil War uniforms getting out of their SUV's, talking on their cell phones! And if I am very lucky, for Mother's Day, my son just might pay me back some of the money he owes me! But I'm not counting on it ... [/QUOTE]
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