{"id":8390,"date":"2008-09-04T08:07:47","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T12:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2015-06-18T21:21:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T01:21:40","slug":"why-i-love-my-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8390","title":{"rendered":"Why I Love My Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talking to her last night.<\/p>\n

Me: “I’m in Hoboken right now. I wanted to buy a book. Any book. I haven’t bought a book in about 2 months, trying to save money, but today I just had to.”
\nMum: “What did you buy?”
\nMe: “Portraits from Serbia<\/a>\"\"<\/i>.”
\nMum: (bursts into laughter)<\/p>\n

Not that there’s anything inherently funny about Serbia. I guess you just had to be there.<\/p>\n

This is akin to my “Tajikstan” moment<\/a> during Trivial Pursuit which everyone in my family still makes fun of me about. Stretching my leg after a run, leaping into the game, saying casually (and guessing correctly): “Uhm …. Tajikstan?”<\/p>\n

Again, maybe you had to be there.<\/p>\n

But my family reading this will understand.<\/p>\n

Mum: “What did you buy?”
\nMe: “Portraits From Serbia<\/i>.”
\nMum: (bursts into laughter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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