Guest Blogger #10: Michelle
Posted by Dory @ Lucky Dorito on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Last November, the first time I ever participated in National Blog Post Month, I met Michelle of Bleeding Espresso. I think we both had pictures of our dogs posted around the same time and so, we readily knew we had things in common. We’ve been trading comments ever since. She is a wonderful woman and a wealth of knowledge - she has offered me countless tips & advice as I’ve set up my own domain here at Lucky Dorito. I don’t know what I would have done without her encouragement and help! She is a fabulous writer and you should definitely visit her blog! I love getting to live vicariously through her adventures in Italy… you will too! So be sure you go visit! 
Today she shares her *Mom-story* with us that she’d posted last year, in tribute to Mother’s Day. It’s another great one - I can picture it all happening as she described it! I have a few more stories to share as we close out the month of May - and would you believe, I’m already getting stories about *Dads* for next month! Be sure to send yours in when you can!
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La Festa Della Mamma
(originally posted: 13 May 2007)
When I was in elementary school, our teachers planned a Mother’s Day Tea for 2 p.m. the Friday before the big day. Having been the teacher’s pet eloquent writer and speaker that I was in my preteen days, I was chosen to compose and deliver the welcoming address.
A huge honor, of course, but my mother was a nurse and worked the 3-11 shift; I knew she wouldn’t be able to make it.
But I wrote and edited and wrote and edited my little speech anyway because, well, other mothers would be there, and they deserved a good show too. Still when it came time to perform, I was nervous as I walked onto the stage, gripping my notecards for dear life.
Click click click said my shoes on the wooden floor–the only noises amidst complete silence.
Everyone was looking at me although I didn’t dare glance at them. I simply got really close to the microphone like they had told me to do, took a deep breath, and said, “Good morning.”
Finally I looked into the audience, and there she was.
My mom, front and center, beaming the smile that always comforted me. I delivered the rest of the welcome without so much as a stutter.
I still don’t really know the details of how she managed it, but I know I appreciated it–so much so that it made it into one of my college essays (and I got in!).
But only now as an adult, another part of the story sticks out to me: my mother doesn’t even drink tea.
Happy Mother’s Day Mom and to all mothers,
including those in Italy, as today is La Festa della Mamma here as well!
You make life amazing!
(You think it’s a coincidence that MOM upside down is WOW?)
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