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stormy's one and only
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Date: June 14, 2011 01:22AM
Didn't answer the phone tonight. It was from Mom of course. Figured it was about my sister. It's been a rough weekend and I didn't need to talk with her. OK. Now we try the cell phone. I'm getting a text. Yep, she learned how to do it. Darn. Pick up the phone this is important.
So the phone rings, now Storm is grinning and I amswer it and Mom just starts in.
First of all all her RS buddies watched the Tony's to see if that awful musical the Book of Mormon would win anything. She was absolutely livid. How could anyone make fun of major world religion. Ah. Mom with max 14,000,000 it's hardly a major religion. Yes it is she says. OK. It was in poor taste to do that to the hard working missionaries who give up 2 years of their lives for the church. I know Mom, biggest waste of time of my life. SILENCE. Mom, you still there? Yes. Well I'm sorry you feel this way about your missionary experience. It wasn't cheap you know. I know, I paid for most of it, remember. NO, you didn't. Ok.
Non Mormons are laughing at us. You think? Wouldn't you? I told her, I bet they are googling all the temple ceremonies as we speak. I told wait til they get to the garments. They will think this is a weird cult. Well, the women wear burkas in Islam. Good comparions Mom. She said how silly is that in the desert, they're black and there's a grill over their faces. I told about as silly as magic undies. SILENCE.
Well she said, that's your entire problem. Satan got to you when you took them off. What? That's what happened. You didn't have a temple rec, so you didn't see your brother or sister get married. Whoa! I was too young when my brother got married and on my mission when my sister got married and they wouldn't let me come home. Not even when grandma died. I didn't get to come home. Remember that? No. Talk about blocking out the world if it doesn't fit what she wants. What an expert she is.
And she said, your taking off your garments and marrying a non believer and a Catholic specifically was instrumental in your sister doubting the church. She never did that before.
Mom she's tired of being a second class citizen worth nothing more than having children for Zion.
Then I said, I can't talk with you any more you're not making any sense. I'm hanging up now.
After I told storm what she said. Well, that's no surprise Jake, she will always think that way. Agree to disagree. And don't answer the phone. Take it off the hook, you have a pager if they need you in the ER. Take a break from your Mother, I am
Jake