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Firechild Blog #13~May 9, 2014

In the shadow of the most impressive speech I’ve ever heard given by NBA’s MVP, Kevin Durant, and Mother’s Day being this weekend, I thought it appropriate to give the most amazing person in my life some love.

As Kevin says, his mom did so much for him and his family when he was young; fed him when she went hungry, gave without a second thought of herself and raised them on her own. She pushed him to be the best he could be and always stood by his side even when he made mistakes and fell. He called her his MPV.

That’s exactly what my mom, Momma Fireplant, is to me… my MVP.

My mom raised me on her own so I’m supposed to be from the most dysfunctional family situation, EVER...

I’m sitting here at the homestead…alone…it’s quiet… no kids…no music…no TV…no nothing. Crazy. The doors and windows are open and I’m listening to the birds chirp and the sound of nature… OK, the trash truck is rolling by, but we’ll ignore that.

I think people, not out of a mean place in their heart, but just out of constantly moving forward, forget to occasionally glance backwards and remember how they got to the place they currently occupy and who got them there.

I have so many people in my life going back to elementary school friends who have influenced me and make a huge mark in my life. I’m lucky to have been, and still be, surrounded by the most amazing, real, wonderful people both in my personal life and my professional life.

For sake of space… I’ll stick to my radio folk.

I was tau...

I think it’s funny that some parents won’t let their children watch Spongebob.

Lets return to a time, however, where I didn’t quite “get” Spongebob. When my daughter, Bookworm, was a wee tyke, she would watch it with Dad and I would hear them both continuously laugh. At that time, I would walk by, stare at the TV for about a minute and walk off saying “I don’t get this show.

Flash forward to when Bookworm was 14 and my Little Man (who’s now 5 1/2) was 3 and old enough, by Dad’s authority that is, to watch Spongebob, I ended up watching it again as well… second time around, ya know, and… I GOT it!

I GOT the twisted reality of fire under water.
I GOT the humor!
I GOT the simple innocence of Spongebob.
I GOT how ridiculously and stupidly FUNNY the show really is.

My son picked up on much of ...