True Story:
Me: Mom, you’ll love Ragnarok- No. Seriously. Trust me.
Mom: <15 minutes in> Shit. This is a really good movie.
Me: Told you.
Me: <After Ragnarok>: Let’s watch Infinity War – I’ll have to stop it 4000 times to explain a bunch of time but you love Robert Downy, Jr. AND now you want to see what happens to Thor… so yes. Let’s watch Infinity War.
Mom: Fine.
Mom: <15 Minutes into Infinity War> They are gonna have to blow that stone out of Vision’s head, aren’t they?
Me: Pauses movie and stares at mom…
Mom: What? Why are you staring at me like that? I just said something really stupid, didn’t I?
Me: No. You just nailed the central question of the entire of the movie.
Mom:
THE VERY NEXT DAY- My brother and I are in my brother’s kitchen (which NEVER happens)- Mom is upstairs with his son
Me: David, why are you worried about mom’s memory and general cognitive capabilities– < go on to explain the day before>… I don’t get the problem. I mean when we talk about the Walking Dead on the phone she’s fine.
David: MOM! Come in here please? <Mom comes down to the kitchen>
David: Susan said you really liked Ragnarok and Infinity War. Said you nailed the whole getting the mind stone out of Vision’s head thing.
Mom:
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Mom: I loved Ragnarok and I am not a big fan of those kind of movies… it was hysterical. Infinity War was ok but it was hard to follow. I had no clue what was going on.
Me:
(not literally- on the inside and in my death stare to David)
Mom: Shrugs and goes back upstairs
David: By the way, I also took her to see Black Panther because the actress from the Walking Dead was in it. Did she mention that?
Me:
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David: I rest my case.
Me: <as he walks away> You know this is why I only come around every once in awhile.
David: It is also why she’s going to end up living with you because my wife hates her.
Me:
With this in mind… This week’s First Line Friday is dedicated to my mother and I hope you enjoyed that little true exchange. Mom is coming to visit in March. There is much to come!
Also, for clarification we don’t take mom’s memory issues lightly. She has since seen a specialist and is on medication that seems to be helping quite a bit.
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for readers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, readers were hooked on a book by the first lines?
Psst I found this at Becky’s Book Blog. Please go check her out!
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be a current read, ARC, TBR, favorite read, close your eyes and pick a book) and open to the first page.
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first.
- Finally… reveal the book
Ok! Are you ready?
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Oooh! Not shockingly I love the sound of this… I know I’m repeating myself but STOP FINDING ALL THESE AMAZING BOOKS ANS MAKING MY TBR GO THROUGH THE ROOF! Ok I feel better now ????
You know I don’t remember how I came across this one but when I read the blurb and a magic system connected to memories? MIIIIINE!!!
Hmmmmmmmm not sure whether this book will be for me 🙂
What even was that mum anecdote?! I’m grinning like an idiot here!
That’s a good opening line, though, Susan, I’ll add this one to the ol’ TBR pile.
What even is my mom? That is the question hahahaha! My mom has absolutely no clue one day and nails the whole day and nails 20 years of marvel movies after only watching one of them the next….
Well, ten years of Marvel movies. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves yet! 😀
I know right- but there she was nailing the whole thing one day and forgetting it happened the next. Moms. What can we do?