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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsToday's Google Doodle: Happy Mother's Day!
About the Doodle: http://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/happy-mothers-day-2017-google-wishes-all-the-super-mums-with-a-special-doodle-1693237
2naSalit
(86,072 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Not sure I like being compared to a cactus, but it is a cute Doodle! LOL
2naSalit
(86,072 posts)I thought the cactus thing was a little odd. I didn't read the back story but maybe it was a kid who came up with idea.
hunter
(38,264 posts)If you knew my mom, you would too.
My mom's prickly side is a natural wonder. She can make grown men run away with tears in their eyes and bloodied fingers screaming "shit, shit, shit!!!"
A porcupine would be a similar metaphor. Barbed needles in the eyeball.
We're not even talking about my mom's Wild West Berserker heritage.
And yep, I can be a cactus too. And I carry those Berserker genes.
My mom and my dad are artists and together they are a formidable couple. My dad's the gentle one, the moderating influence.
Between them I always felt safe at home, even when the outside world was beating the crap out of me.
I quit high school and got kicked out of college twice before I graduated and my parents both gave me the confidence to find my own way.
Cactus works.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Yikes!
I hope I'm more of a cactus flower!