Comments on: Living with a Heavyweight http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/ Malt-O-Meal and related Cereal Blog Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:52:34 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Babs http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3611 Babs Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:51:46 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3611 Ahh, I loved that story. Although I never met my maternal grandfather, somehow he and your mother could have been related. O.K., so he was German and born in the late 1880's, but the discipline was the same. I think we need a little more of that now. Loved your grade school picture! Ahh, I loved that story. Although I never met my maternal grandfather, somehow he and your mother could have been related. O.K., so he was German and born in the late 1880′s, but the discipline was the same. I think we need a little more of that now. Loved your grade school picture!

]]> By: SheCanCook2 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3594 SheCanCook2 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:10:17 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3594 Hey you! I absolutely love your story!! It reminds me of me... except--wealthier!! HAHA!! My momma used to give me (and still does sometimes) the "crazy eye" if I ever get cocky- and as for public punishment in front of the family--well, we're Mexican-Hawaiian... So I was LUCKY if my mother reprimanded me... Because the aunties and the uncles would be beating her to it with the "rubbah slippah" (rubber slipper) on the okole (bottom)!! Hey you! I absolutely love your story!! It reminds me of me… except–wealthier!! HAHA!! My momma used to give me (and still does sometimes) the “crazy eye” if I ever get cocky- and as for public punishment in front of the family–well, we’re Mexican-Hawaiian… So I was LUCKY if my mother reprimanded me… Because the aunties and the uncles would be beating her to it with the “rubbah slippah” (rubber slipper) on the okole (bottom)!!

]]> By: Jessica @ How Sweet It Is http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3593 Jessica @ How Sweet It Is Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:24:07 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3593 I loved this post! Brilliant! I loved this post! Brilliant!

]]> By: Pam Webb http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 Pam Webb Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:55:42 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3591 I thought you must have grown up at my house. Maybe we are sisters. I can remember my Mom doing the same things. And we both made it out alive. I remember feeding my daughter the same meal 3 different times. Thanks for the blog. I thought you must have grown up at my house. Maybe we are sisters. I can remember my Mom doing the same things. And we both made it out alive. I remember feeding my daughter the same meal 3 different times. Thanks for the blog.

]]> By: Victoria http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3589 Victoria Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:44:50 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3589 Oh, and Sweetie, your blog rocks as much as any others out there! Oh, and Sweetie, your blog rocks as much as any others out there!

]]> By: Victoria http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 Victoria Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:42:36 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3588 Shal, your post made me laugh out loud and touched my heart to the depths at the same time. Where would be without the mothers (and fathers and siblings and aunts and uncles and cousins) we had? What a beautiful post and so thrilled that you still have your mother with you so that your precious son can grow up knowing her. My parents were gone too soon -- probably from not eating enough fish (does American fried catfish count? Guess not!) and good stuff. But I guess we couldn't all be born Chinese -- but I'm learning! Shal, your post made me laugh out loud and touched my heart to the depths at the same time. Where would be without the mothers (and fathers and siblings and aunts and uncles and cousins) we had? What a beautiful post and so thrilled that you still have your mother with you so that your precious son can grow up knowing her. My parents were gone too soon — probably from not eating enough fish (does American fried catfish count? Guess not!) and good stuff. But I guess we couldn’t all be born Chinese — but I’m learning!

]]> By: Vince http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3587 Vince Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:33:50 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3587 That was the most AMAZING story! My mother was always the disciplinarian, the cheerleader, the encourager, the spanker, the comforter, the talker, and the listener. I could relate to your story in so many ways. It's incredible how similar our upbringing was. Your post gave great insight into growing up in two cultures -- perhaps welcomed by both but never comfortable in either. It's important to remember that, even though your parenting may be DIFFERENT than your mother's, that doesn't mean that hers was BETTER. After all, you and your mother could both make a pot of soup using vastly differnt ingredients but both come up with a great tasting dish. Your son is too young to know how lucky he is. One day, he'll know. That was the most AMAZING story! My mother was always the disciplinarian, the cheerleader, the encourager, the spanker, the comforter, the talker, and the listener. I could relate to your story in so many ways. It’s incredible how similar our upbringing was.

Your post gave great insight into growing up in two cultures — perhaps welcomed by both but never comfortable in either. It’s important to remember that, even though your parenting may be DIFFERENT than your mother’s, that doesn’t mean that hers was BETTER. After all, you and your mother could both make a pot of soup using vastly differnt ingredients but both come up with a great tasting dish. Your son is too young to know how lucky he is. One day, he’ll know.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/2009/10/22/living-with-a-heavyweight/comment-page-1/#comment-3586 Leslie Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.malt-o-meal.com/feeds/?p=3098#comment-3586 Enjoyed your guest entry and I, too, find many similarities between our mothers even though we grew up worlds apart and during different decades. Enjoyed your guest entry and I, too, find many similarities between our mothers even though we grew up worlds apart and during different decades.

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