Veteran's Day - Bart The Bear Says

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I spent the weekend with my mother who is deciding whether or not to marry the man of her dreams, a 70ish year old Baptist man who I find to be very humble in nature. He is not powerfully spirited like I found my previous Step-Father, and he, unlike the previous two husbands, does not drink at all. Seems like a no brainer to me.

The whole family was so preoccupied with this state of affairs that they completely forgot that I was a veteran and that it was Veteran's Day. That's ok with me. Mom's emotions are tenuous at best and like many of us has a tendency to make big things out of little things.

In this case her candidate is coming off of a 40 year old marriage where he lost her to a common disease, similar to my mother's previous husband. They are both lonely and in need of companionship, even in their 70s.

There lies the real problem with his infraction. Having chest pains, he called his previous woman friend instead of my mother, putting a line of emotional feelings that my mother does not seem to be very familiar with including jealousy, anger, and a general lack of trust.

I honestly think the man just made a huge 70ish year old mistake.

I believe that things will turn out the way they are supposed to and that my mother will make the right decision for her, which she is very talented at. While the rest of my family was saying "run!", I reminded her that she has the tendency to turn a bad thing into a good thing and that this mountain is probably a mole hill. I know about the mole hill thing because I am my mother's son and suffer the same problem with my perceptions sometimes.

Take Veteran's Day for instance.

For those who served, thank you!