Tuesday Night

I can't remember the exact words, but I once read that men change the world by the strength of their arms while woman do it with their cunning.  This has been playing in my head for the last few days.  Also my bad habit of being attracted to sly manipulative women.  Enter my Mom.  She called me tonight to see how things were going and we talked for about 15 minutes.  She was very lucid and memory was good except for the days she was in the hospital, but that is normal for most people.  I could see that she is playing this up in the hopes of moving back north since she is extremely unhappy in FL.  I agree that she needs help in things like house cleaning and driving, but everything else she seems okay to me.  I know my Mom I know what she is capable of.  I learned from the best.  I know how to be a coyote and chew my arm right off if need be.  I could see under the veil when she got angry that my brother and SIL where angry that my Mom had bought me my car on her own since my old one was dying and I couldn't afford another.  We know that my SIL family is very well off and have given them BMWs and such.  Now I remember why I like the buffer zone with my family and seeing them infrequently or not at all is so appealing to me.  I will see how this plays out.