Flying the Coop

*This is being written as a tribute to the relationship that Mother's have with their Daughter's and more specifically, when these young ladies leave for college. (as is the case for Teresa and Kayla)

My daughter, who left me 4 & 1/2 years ago, finished college, moved to a big city and is one of the more treasured people in my life. If someone were to ask me...,"What was the one thing you found had changed the most in her?"...I would have to reply, her modesty. My sweet girl left; a body covering, discretionary using, reserved little child and returned without an ounce of her modesty in tact. And that is all that needs to be said about that. So my subject matter is mainly going to fall on the discussion of 'body parts' and how we refer to them...

When my Mother was growing up in the 5o's, they had no private body parts. I know this because my Grandmother (Meme`re) never spoke of them. If they needed to be addressed, 'pointing with the act of a raised eyebrow' was the communicative choice. Now, my mother was sure that her girls were not going to be raised in this ancient fashion. So, we grew up with Tee Tee's , La La's and Ding Dong's. There was no miscommunication in our house hold. When I became a mother, I felt so liberated using the word breasts, but I must confess that Tee Tee and Po Po did get passed down to my children, along with some other cute, childlike phrases.

When my daughter returned from college, she brought with her a couple of well earned degree's and a new vocabulary to teach her mother. "Mom...this is a V a g i n a and that is called a P e n i s." I covered my ears with my hands and shuttered. Who told her this?! "And M o m, when I have children of my own, they will learn these words too!" So, it's true, and not just something that happens in a movie. My granddaughter will one day point down and say, "this is my bagina" and I am going to have to smile and whisper, "yes, honey, that is your Tee Tee."

(I was tagged this week to do a meme on books...as soon as blogger will let me...I will meme away :)