My Mother In Retrospect

In 1966 I was born and my mother
was 21 and my father 22.
I have lots of fond memories of my dad
for sure and mom was always after him
about taking me for rides on his bike.
I would sit on the gas tank of his Indian
and we would go off out on the road.

I can still hear my mother screaming at 
him as we rode off,her fear was i would
be killed,yeah sure bikes are dangerous
but my father was a skilled rider.

I have many times terrified my mom
by my doings like taking a bedsheet
and jumping out of a very tall tree trying
to parachute,that should have gotten
me an appointment with the Grim Reaper
but im still here.

Ive tried to drive the family station
wagon when i was four or so with my sister
in the back,I went down a very steep hill
then bailed out but an angel as my mother
describes turned the steering wheel at 
the last moment and prevented the car
from catapulting off a 25 foot dropoff
thereby saving my sister.

My mother did the best she could as a
single parent and always encouraged me
in music and said one day she hopes
I will record that music but it took
until 2013-2014 to finsish writing and 
record my music.
I used Audacity which is a freeware
program,first the guitar track then
the vocal track.

I always though as a kid that one day
I would become a star although just
trying to survive in Alaska was plenty
of work.

So to honor my mom I built her a 
website of her own and put my music
on it for her to listen to.

My mom has done some pretty weird things
in her life but now shes pretty old and 79.
I cant be mad at my mom forever so I decided
to call her frequently just to talk about 
whatever and ask how her day went.

I Love My Mother Dearly.

Im glad ive gotten to talk to my mom
these last 4 years on a daily basis 
because one day she will be gone and
i dont want to be wishing i would have 
talked to her more.

Shes 79 on January 5th and I will 
be wishing her a happy birthday.

She commented that she never thought
she would have kids in their 40s and 50s
and then theres all the grandkids and
great grandkids she has and she loves it.

Peace,BigT