23/08/2026
As a child, I thought my mother was the most knowledgeable person in the whole wide world. She knew the answers to all my questions like, “why is the sky blue, but clouds are white?” and “why don’t the clouds fall down when they are full of rain?”
She had only the equivalent of about Grade 7 English, but she knew history, geography, literature, poetry, and many other subjects. Even when I was old enough to go to school, I relied on her to fill me in on all kinds of additional information. It was always sparking in me a keen interest in knowing more.
Unfortunately, there were two instances when I began to doubt her wisdom. To this day, I believe she was really out to lunch on them. The first was her firm belief that (click photo to continue reading...)
As a child, I thought my mom knew everything. As a got a bit older, however, I realized more than a few of her beliefs were a bit odd...