YET ANOTHER ONE OF MY MOM'S SAYINGS

QUE SERA SERA!!!!

WHAT?!?

Yep that's what she told me!  Que Sera Sera.....huh?  What does that mean mom?  Whenever something happened, that I'm guessing would be trivial to the world, my mom would tell me Que Sera Sera!  And that would be that!

I remember one day when I was very young my mom sprung that one on me when I wanted to go to sleep at a friends house and my dad would not let me.  I was not the type to break into a tantrum, due to my Italian Dad, so I would just mope around the house.  My mom asked what was the matter and I told her I wasn't quite fond of the answer I got (not so much in those words) but I got my point across.  So she looked me in the eye and started singing "Que Sera Sera, whatever will be will be, the future's not ours to see....Que Sera Sera", yep well you can imagine that that made everything better!  NOT!  (By the way, my mom had a beautiful operatic voice, when she was younger she and my aunt had won a singing talent contest. (just a side note))

This was one of her sayings, but there were times when it was more irritating than not.  It came out of nowhere, and made me extremely frustrated that she just didn't understand.

As time went on and I got more Que Sera's than I had wanted in life, I started to understand, that in my mom's eyes nothing was that bad.  She had lived through enough hard times, that my little trivial times were just not that bad and she wanted me to understand that there was more out there than just my wants, versus my needs.  She was a very smart woman, she lived simply, loved plenty, her home was open to everyone and she loved life.  Now that she's gone, so many of the wonderful simplistic things my mom said and did have stayed with me...I try as hard as I can to stick to her lifestyle, it made my life wonderful!

It All Comes Out in the Wash

As I grow older, I have come to realize that my mom was a woman of much wisdom.  She flew through life with a smile and a laugh that could make jello wiggle.  She was joyful, and full of joy!  She was funny and full of fun!  But most importantly she could make you think beyond your daily grumblings with her sophisticated catch phrases.

One of her famous sayings was "OH, it will call come out in the wash"!!  WHAT?!?  was usually my response!  What do you mean it will all come out in the wash?  What comes out in the wash?  And what does this have to do with the test I have tomorrow?  And then she would turn to walk out of my room and just laugh and say "don't worry, it WILL all come out in the wash."

For years and years I had no idea what that meant.  Then one day in my thirties I was washing clothes, and all of a sudden "it dawned on me" (yet another one of her sayings) dirt comes out in the wash, so that was it, the dirt in my life would all come out soon enough, and finally I got what she meant.  Life's little aggravations will one day go away, and probably sooner than later, and she was always right!  The test came and went, did I pass it?  I don't even remember, but I probably did since I would have to face my dad, who did not necessarily believe that anything came out in the wash!

So now, my days are filled with my mom's laughter, even though she has long since passed.  I have been told many times, "YOU are just like your mother", and I realize that this is the greatest compliment I can be given.  To be JUST like MY mother is one of my best attributes.