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A Mother’s Blind Love
By Marisa | March 4, 2008
Now before you click away, thinking this is going to be a sappy, emotional post, stick around a minute to read a paragraph or two. Seriously, this is good. I’m about to make fun of myself and expose one of my major flaws so if nothing else, you can laugh at me.
Recently, I confessed in a rather public forum that I have big ears. No, seriously, I have really big ears. Of course, my ears would be fine on someone who stands about 6′5″ or so. According to my kids, I look funny because I also have a big nose, a big mouth, and big eyes all on my little 4′11″ body. Children are excellent at keeping you humble. And insecure.
I’ll also mention that for years I blamed myself for my children’s ears. I thought I was the reason they all had these huge ears that stuck out. It wasn’t until I saw picture of my husband’s grandfather that I realized that while my kids got the size of their ears from me, the “sticking out” part came from their dear old dad. And I have not hesitated to point out that fact every time the opportunity arises.
But back to me. And my ears. Now, I’m one of those people who believe that all babies are just adorable. At least I used to believe that until I saw a picture of myself, at the ripe old age of 5 months, with my ears exposed. Oh.my.goodness.
I give you my word that those ears are not photoshopped. They are real. I was born with ears as large as many adults. Maybe larger.
But wait. I mentioned a mother’s blind love, didn’t I? Ah, yes. My mother….
When my kids discovered that photo in the bottom of one of my dresser drawers, they had quite a good time laughing about it. I admit, I chuckled, too. When I spoke to my mom later that day, I mentioned the picture to her. She was so confused! She insisted that I had perfect, tiny, baby ears. She refused to believe that my ears were exceptionally large. Only a mother could look at those ears and see tiny.
Yes, a mother’s love is truly blind.
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I think you’re completely ADORABLE - then and now!!
You’re just too sweet. (But those ears are huge!)
Awwwwww you’re a cutie
How sweet.I like this.
You were adorable and are beautiful now.
I’m just lucky my ears didn’t grow at the same rate as my head!
Awww….Don’t be so hard on yourself. That is an absolutely adorable pic!!!
I’m okay with the ears. I’m just glad I didn’t realize it back then!
I’ve seen the actual photo, so I can attest: The ears are real.
I love this pic, Marisa.
My mom looked at this and said she never noticed until just now how big my ears were. And she wondered why no one ever mentioned it… Can you imagine someone looking at me and saying, “Damn! Look at the ears on that baby!”
Big ears run in my family too, although I didn’t get them. But my grandpa had to deal with one of my cousins coming running up with a friend and a ruler, because the cousin (about 10 years old or so at the time) had been bragging to all his friends at school about his grandpa’s “6 inch ears”.
They were devastated to note that they were a mere 4 inches.