My Grandma is in her 80's. She has never driven a car, ( However assures me that if she still had a mule and cart she could go anywhere she wanted), she's never had a bank account, she has never worked a day in her life for money. She was a stay at home Mom to 2 boys and 4 girls. She worked a garden, raised chickens and pigs, and listened to everything my Granddaddy told her. She married him when she was 14 years old. I knew she was from a different generation when she announced to my aunt and my Mom one day that, "If ever I find out any of my youngun's put some man's old nasty mess in their mouth, they'll never eat off a dish in this house again!" She is a 4'10" ball of spit. Country and sassy. And that was as close to "Sex talk" as I had ever heard from her.
I tell you that story to get to this one...
We, my Mom and me, had taken my Grandma out to eat one day. It is one of my best memories as it was not long before my Mom died and the day had been so great. We had laughed and had such a great time. We had just gotten back on the road to head home when my Mom used the word Vagina. I can't remember what we were talking about before, only that I was driving 62 mph and unprepared.
My Grandma, short legs swinging on the middle section of my van asks... "What's that?" I held my composure as my Mom explained from the passenger seat, it was, you know, your private parts. My Grandma looks straight ahead without batting an eyelash and says.. " Well I don't have none of that on mine, you better get your mess checked out". When my Mom got herself together she again tried to explain it WAS her private parts. Unmoved.. My Grandma says, " I have a pussy. That's what Edward said it was and that's all I've ever had. And he had a pecker. I don't know what you got on yours, but I ain't ever had no vagina on mine. Nasty mess."
Lesson learned....
I really can dirve..
(I was able to pull that speeding van back on the road in record time.)
You can laugh until it hurts.
Sometimes the best memories come in un-expected moments.
And most importantly... times have changed.. I am a modern woman. I have a job, raise my children, drive a car, support us all, and I... I have a vagina!
We really have come a long way!
I tell you that story to get to this one...
We, my Mom and me, had taken my Grandma out to eat one day. It is one of my best memories as it was not long before my Mom died and the day had been so great. We had laughed and had such a great time. We had just gotten back on the road to head home when my Mom used the word Vagina. I can't remember what we were talking about before, only that I was driving 62 mph and unprepared.
My Grandma, short legs swinging on the middle section of my van asks... "What's that?" I held my composure as my Mom explained from the passenger seat, it was, you know, your private parts. My Grandma looks straight ahead without batting an eyelash and says.. " Well I don't have none of that on mine, you better get your mess checked out". When my Mom got herself together she again tried to explain it WAS her private parts. Unmoved.. My Grandma says, " I have a pussy. That's what Edward said it was and that's all I've ever had. And he had a pecker. I don't know what you got on yours, but I ain't ever had no vagina on mine. Nasty mess."
Lesson learned....
I really can dirve..
(I was able to pull that speeding van back on the road in record time.)
You can laugh until it hurts.
Sometimes the best memories come in un-expected moments.
And most importantly... times have changed.. I am a modern woman. I have a job, raise my children, drive a car, support us all, and I... I have a vagina!
We really have come a long way!
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