Beezer
Senior Member
When I was a boy there was a lake you could walk on in the Winter to take the shortcut to school.
Mom always told me that she had a friend who lived in an apartment right by the lake and would look out her window and could tell if we had been on that lake.
Well, one day it was so cold that the ice froze and there was a large tractor on the lake. I figured it was safe and guided me and my little sister behind the plow...taking the shortcut to school.
When I got home, Mom immediately said, "You were on the lake today! My friend saw you!" I sheepishly admitted to it, but told Mom there was even a giant snow plow on the lake...that it was safe.
Years later Mom told me there was no friend that lived by the lake. She had just made it up because she was concerned for our safety. And it was a total fluke...that ONE day she accused me of being on the lake...I was.
Mom is 87 years old now and lives in an elderly care facility for dementia patients. I still tell her all of the creative stories of when she was in her prime and she just laughs and says, "Really??"
Mom always told me that she had a friend who lived in an apartment right by the lake and would look out her window and could tell if we had been on that lake.
Well, one day it was so cold that the ice froze and there was a large tractor on the lake. I figured it was safe and guided me and my little sister behind the plow...taking the shortcut to school.
When I got home, Mom immediately said, "You were on the lake today! My friend saw you!" I sheepishly admitted to it, but told Mom there was even a giant snow plow on the lake...that it was safe.
Years later Mom told me there was no friend that lived by the lake. She had just made it up because she was concerned for our safety. And it was a total fluke...that ONE day she accused me of being on the lake...I was.
Mom is 87 years old now and lives in an elderly care facility for dementia patients. I still tell her all of the creative stories of when she was in her prime and she just laughs and says, "Really??"