OOPS!

It seemed to happen almost every year, at least once. So said TLW (The Little Woman) about her mom.

The day would start out innocently enough, as the Edith Bunker look and sound alike started her day. She was a sweet woman, with all the innocence and kindness in the world, a woman who would not hurt a fly. Her sweetness would often get her to burn in the hearts of all who knew her only good and wonderful memories.

And so TLW related her tale to me.

Mom would start her day by driving her youngest, her baby two blocks to the bus stop. Being a doting mom, she would make sure her baby got on the bus, safely to school, no matter how old he was. She would start up her car, rain or shine, cold or heat and drive her baby to wait for the bus, and then she would turn her car around and go home.

The only problem was that she had two sets of keys. One set contained her car keys, and one set her house key. Most times she would remember to bring both, but sometimes she didn’t.

Her daughter, (TLW) was at school in Patchogue, while Mom was in East Islip. Every so often, maybe too often, Mom would forget to bring her house keys and lock herself out of her house. This would cause Helen to panic somewhat. And off she went to Seton Hall High School to fetch an extra set of keys from her daughter.

During her class, a teacher, or perhaps the intercom for the whole school to hear, that she needed to report to the principal’s office, would inform TLW. So out of class TLW would go, straight to the principal’s office, wondering what crime she committed?

There stood Mom, apologizing that she had made TLW leave her class, but did TLW have a key to the front door to give to her poor Mom, who had locked herself out of her own house?

TLW had no problem with giving her Mom the house key, no there was a bigger issue for a 16 year old to deal with. She could forgive Mom in her sincerity and apologetic cries for forgiveness.

It seems, Mom never dressed when she took her son to the bus stop, and so she stood in the office of Seton Hall High School, in her slippers and robe!

Dear sweet Mom.