I was just met by my very sleepy and disheveled looking mother at their backdoor to get my cokes and cigarettes for the day. She gives me six regular Cokes and two packs of full flavored Doral Gold cigarettes every morning. She didn’t leave them out on the porch for some strange reason last night, though. They were still sitting in the hall. She must’ve forgotten which is unusual for her. I was terribly afraid I had already drank them and forgot. I guess I could always just go to Fat Albert’s and buy them, but mom would be a worried mess if I didn’t get the ones she puts out for me.
“Are you nervous about your volunteer position?” mom asked me for the few short moments I was waiting at their backdoor over the raucous roar of cicadas.
“I have terrible butterflies in my stomach and I am nervous and anxious,” I told my mother. “I am worried I am going to make a fool of myself.”
“You will do fine,” mom replied with much enthusiasm as she gave me a hug.
“If I can teach English to kids then any person can teach English,” mom said of her teaching days as she smiled,
My biggest fear is the intimacy involved in teaching someone to read. Who knows? I might just be emptying trashcans and mopping floors and am worrying for naught. I may just be a lackey and errand boy.
Field Peas Versus Beans…
I may need Tee’s help with this, but there is a distinct difference between a bean and a pea. Peas tend to be very small compared to beans. They are also very buttery tasting as well and go great with cornbread such as black eyed peas. My favorite pea brand is the White Acre young early field peas. I can’t fathom eating beans such as kidney beans that go into chili. Beans such as baked beans always taste chalky to me for some reason. They are certainly not nearly as tasty as peas in my humble opinion.
5 comments:
Good for you to teach someone to read. It is a really good thing.
I'm sure the other volunteers/staff will be happy to help out if you're ever unsure what to do. Like your mom said, you'll do fine. :)
That was a great description of bean vs peas. Beans are longer and peas are round for the most part. They aren't quite as sound as green or English peas. I suppose they are in the same family as black eyed peas because I think there are pink eyed peas as well. My favorite is crowder peas with cornbread. I'm with you, I can' imagine eating kidney beans except in chili. Now that the subject has been raised, I'll have to read up on peas. I just know they are carbs when counting calories.
You are going to do fine with your new volunteer job. You have a very good command of the English language and I can't imagine that you would be emptying trash cans or mopping.
Okay, I'm off to Google peas.
Okay, if you Google cowpeas, which are the same thing as field peas it will give you all the information available about our southern peas.
Happy Mother's Day to your wonderful mother! We have all come to love her.
And speaking as a mother ... we miss your handsome face on this blog. Think you could change it to the Andrew we know and love?
Love,
Catherine
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