Things Your Mom Said You’d Understand One Day, And Now You Do
Family is the most important thing
When I wanted to ditch family game night to go to a party. When I wanted to sit out the family vacation in order to go on a trip with friends. When I didn’t want to come home for the holidays during college, because I wanted to hang back and party on campus. My mom would try to tell me that family is the most important thing. But I was an ungrateful brat who was angry that my parents divorced, and couldn’t possibly ever imagine leaning on them for comfort or support again. But you outgrow that anger you think you’ll hold onto forever about perceived slights in your childhood. And you reach an age when, when something bad happens, you really just want to talk to your mommy.