Today I got some mail from my mom. Opening the envelope, I discovered two newspaper clippings: one that detailed how more kids than ever are being injured while skiing and snowboarding (I’m planning to go skiing a lot this season), and the other discussing how 22 people pedestrians were killed in San Francisco this year, as opposed to only 18 last year. The article points out that a higher percentage of those killed were at fault this year.
Great. My mom also likes to send me articles about people my age dying of skin cancer, or of kids murdering their parents. Uh huh… I know this can’t be normal, right? And people wonder why I talk about how I don’t expect to live past age 30…
Hey you’re not the only one, my mum does the same.
Every couple of months I get a bundle of newspaper clippings in the post detailing how many people are dying from <insert-current-favourite-extreme-sport-here>, random IT related articles with titles as insightful as “Microsoft Make Lots of Money”, plus the odd article that implies the music I listen to is crap and I should be married by now
Hey, I just read your comment about the clippings I send to you. There is no formula: I send on those I think are interesting/topical/relate to where you live/remind you to wear sunscreen every day, and to be careful because young people are not invincible. So I am a mom, okay?