That's the real excellent scary part, that feeling, and that feeling won't come if the lady from next door is there and your mom won't ride the ride, because what brings on that feeling most is when your mom rides wedged in tight with you and your brother on nights like this, when your mom will scream the excellent scream, the scream that people you see in snatches on the boardwalk stop and stare for, the scream that stops the ride next door, the scream that tells us to our hearts the bolts have finally broken.
My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.
The more Dad and Mom love each other, the more secure their children will feel.
When I was in high school, my mom gave me a paperweight. It was when I was going through my 'not that interested in doing homework or really working on anything' phase and the paperweight said "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes. " And that's sort of the same thing, if you're not always working to be in the front.
But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
One of the roles I hold really close to my heart is a small 'under-five' role I did on 'The Young and the Restless. ' I think I did about four episodes and it meant so much to me, simply because it was my mom's all-time favorite soap.
In interviews, on the set, talking to people, I'll just start talking about my parents' divorce, and go on and on. My mom's always like, 'You don't have to be that honest. You have to be more fake. ' You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.
My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.
I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and thread our state together. It is the mom-and-pop grocers, farm-supply stores, coffee shops, bookstores and barber shops where Vermonters connect, conduct business and check in on one another.
When I was little, I asked God if I could meet my mom just one more time, and my prayer was answered in 2001. It was weird.
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
My mom makes this amazing little snack that, to this day, I still think about. It's pita bread wrapped with melted butter, feta cheese, and cucumbers. That, to me, is still heaven. It's my childhood.
Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.
Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!
Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.
My mom moved up north to make more money to support the family, and I was left with my dad and I was just bounced around from one family to another.
When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, 'Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart. ' And I got on my knee and I asked Jesus to come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and make me a child of God.