My Son Jimbo
For those who never knew him …

Schoolboy

[Written by Jimbo's mother in her book "My Son Jimbo"]

In first grade when the kiddies learned to print, the assignment was to write about your family. The amused teacher saved the paper for me, and I still have it.

    My brother is in the air force.
    My sister Baba plays. 
    My sister Sally is in India.
    My sister Holly skis.
    My sister Sherry draws.
    My father teaches economics.
    My mother never cleans the house.

He also learned in school that “September 21 is the first day of December.”

Aged Mom

As I sat for the umpteenth time in a second grade classroom for the annual open house, I noticed how much younger the mothers were then than they used to be. Then I spotted one about my own vintage. “A-ha,” I thought to myself, “so I’m not the only mom who got a little surprise in her middle years!”

After the close of the program, I sidled up to her and murmured, “And which one is YOUR child?” 

“That one,” she replied, pointing to the teacher!