My Mom Just Schooled Me

But that’s what moms are for right? To teach us things...school us. Yes, but I’m a grown, about ready to retire, adult who now does things for the parents. 

The parents live across the street so we can assist them. It’s super convenient. We can pick up groceries for them and once in while she even lets us cut their grass. Also, the teenager always has a place to go. Pre-COVID we both traveled at times for work and occasionally even did something social (fond memories). 

Now the teenager is, well, a teenager and perfectly capable of staying home alone but it brings joy to my soul that she sometimes just prefers to go across the street and hang with her grandparents. Also, there’s always food there, usually food with gluten. 

When I started using essential oils I would talk about them at times but I didn’t try to recruit the mom into my downline and profit from her use of oils. I would just listen and when she mentioned having trouble sleeping I’d show up with Lavender, if I noticed she was stuffy I’d show up with some Peppermint and tea, tightness in her back after not allowing us to cut the grass I’d show up with Cool Azul. She would use whatever made its way across the street and finally one day she said, you know I think I’d like one of those little starter kits you talk about. 

Done! Merry Christmas! So for almost a year I’ve been reminding her she has an oil that might be great support for whatever the issue is across the street. We even got clearance from the dad’s doctors for him to use oils. They are both learning and I’m so pleased they are starting to be like me and  think oils first. 

Which brings me to today. I have a back thing. It stems from that one time in karate class when I was learning a jumping, spinning, kicking thing. Good times. Loved that! Except the jumping, spinning, kicking thing ended with: I don’t think that was exactly right and a little pain that got worse and worse over time. Thanks to essential oils and an amazing holistic doctor the back thing rarely bothers me. Except when it does...like today. 

So I went to the mom’s because I needed help with window treatment math. At one point I turned to check on the dog and I groaned. 

Mom: Are you okay?

Me: Yes, my back just hurts today.

Mom (rather smugly, I thought): Well...Did you use oils? I have some Cool Azul or some PanAway I can get for you. 

Me (face palm): I really didn’t. I guess I just thought it would get better. 

Mom (rather sarcastically, I thought): Well, that went well. 

Me: Indeed. I’ll use some Valor and Deep Relief when I get home. Thanks :) 

It's Brenda, I'm out.

#schooled #momsknowbest