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Originally Posted by Cynthia
Ok, so my Mom had this HUGE leather belt with a big brass buckle with an enameled smiley face on it (70's man)
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Ours had no smiley face. Before the belt {concurrent?} she actually had a horsewhip. I think I was too young to ever have had it used on me but I remember it being used on the older ones. She would use whatever was at hand. The belt was always handy. She wore it all of the time.
The horsewhip disappeared. I always thought maybe my older brother got rid of it so she couldn't use it on us {he suffered a lot at her hands, compared to my other brother who is her favorite}. I finally asked him a few years ago and he said he didn't. Maybe it was my dad? I remember he'd been in Vietnam at the time, maybe when he came back he found it? Wow. Interesting thought.
When we used to visit her and the kids were younger, I'd tell them they'd better watch out, Ninja Grandma was going to get them with her flying sandals. Whacha!! I said that in front of her. Funny, she says she never hit us. Okay, not funny.
I'm not the best mom. I hope someday my kids remember nice things about me. I do have nice memories of mine. I think I'll try and click into that mode....what she did nice.
I am trying to co-ordinate her 85th birthday party. *chuckle* Don't want to go into THAT kind of theme, eh?