Peggy Robinson Tribute

It is so hard to pick just one memory of my mother. I wanted to pick one that captured her spirit, one that celebrated her life. And the more I thought, the more memories that came. I don't know if I will pick the best memory, but it is one that still makes me chuckle to this day. This happened when I was in middle school. Now I was, for the most part, a good kid, but there was one class that I always seemed to get into trouble in. Well, to try to "straighten me out" the vice princable called my mom down to the school and started to threaten suspension. (In retrospect I don't really think he intended to suspend me, he just wanted to scare me into acting right). Well most mom's would plea that their child not be suspended, but then my mom was not most mom's. She lit into that VP like there was no tomorrow, talking about what a way to punish a kid giving them a day off of school. And how my grandma was going to take me to the beach all day. Needless to say, by the end of the "conference" I was lucky that I only got 1 day off and not the rest of the year. The VP was so upset he broke his ballpoint pen writing out my suspension sheets! Now my mom was not mean, but I will always remember how fierce she could become if you messed with one of her kids!