October 17, 2014
A Mother Son Outing


Dear Dr. Laura,

I have been listening to your words of wisdom and winsome whit for many years. I recently mastered the podcast iPhone technology and am plugged in to your show every day while I exercise. The time flies by now!

Our 23-year-old, unmarried son is just about finished with his university education. He has moved out of our home into his first new place. To keep our relationship strong, he and I now go on periodic "dates", just "mother and son" outings, similar to the "daughter and father" dates I did with my dad after my cherished mom passed away.

Our son is very used to me occasionally forwarding him select pearls of wisdom from your show which best relate to his stage of life. I have relayed to him more than once your story of how you would "crawl over broken glass" to get to your son's house for Christmas dinner.

My son recently took me on a very unique date to a restaurant in which there was absolutely no light inside during the entire meal. All of the servers were non-sighted. The entire evening was spent in pitch blackness. It was a very unique experience, and one which obviously fostered a lot of verbal communication. At home, I sent a text thanking him for a wonderful time. He texted back, agreeing it was a very interesting dining experience and said, "I'm glad I got to share it with my favorite girl." With tears in my eyes, I replied, "Well, that is just the nicest thing a mom could ever hear from her son." Then remembering your admiration for your son, I added, "Dr. Laura would die if I told her!!" With obvious great value placed on your worth, garnered from years of earned respect, my son quickly retorted, "Well, we don't want to kill Dr. Laura!!" It was priceless.

Shani

Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM