Saluting Our Mothers...or Most of Them

 

It's Mother's Day again. Today marks our second such day in at least a partial lockdown of regular life. We salute all mothers for getting through this, but...

But we're going to be slightly more serious this year. We're asking all mothers not just to be role models, but also not to be enablers. Why now?

Just over eight years ago we published a blog about a young man, fresh out of juvenile confinement, who orchestrated a home invasion. He pistol whipped a woman...a totally innocent woman...in her 80s. Then this young man fled the scene in a new sports car his mother had purchased him as a gift for surviving his incarceration. A quick look at his Facebook page told the world just what he thought of his mother and her boyfriends. Was she ultimately to blame for his actions?

No, not ultimately, but she was an enabler. As of this second, the man is residing in a lockup in some Alabama county, hopefully on his way to another long prison sentence. When local online news published our eight year old blog in connection with this story, at least one person chastised us for even mentioning his mother.

Let's be clear: This horrible excuse for a human being would in all probability not be where he is today if his mother had not made excuses for him, pampered him, and supported his every action...all the while paying more serious attention to her men friends than she did her own son.

If you're a young mother, learn from this horrible tale. You may not have to answer legally for your children's actions, but nevertheless you do hold a great deal of responsibility. Make sure you're there for them in the right way.

Shoalanda