(35) "Special Mother's Day Tribute To Motherhood And Mischief, Featuring Ed's Late Mother, Juanita."

We love your feedback and suggestions. Please tell us your name too. AI tries to trick us and scam us sometimes. Mother’s Day can be sweet, complicated, or downright hard, sometimes all in the same breath. We’re two old friends talking it out the only way we know how: by telling the stories that still feel alive. Joe shares why some memories are still too fresh, then gives us the kind of small-town tale you can see like a movie, a packed doctor’s waiting room, a kid with a brutal earache, and a mom who leans in and whispers “Louder” so her son gets seen. It’s hilarious, but it’s also what advocacy looks like when you’re a parent with no patience left.From there we drift through the world we grew up in: house calls, country doctors, and the odd little details that date a life in the best way. We swap more mischievous moments too, including a demolition derby popcorn prank that says everything about a mother who refuses to be prim just because someone expects her to be.Ed then shares a deeper tribute to his mother, Juanita, and what it means to carry grief for decades without ever really “getting over it.” We talk Depression-era roots, gardens and survival, and a mom who taught through conversation, books, sports, and bedtime faith. Then come the surprises he learned after she was gone: a pet groundhog, a runaway summer with a gypsy boy and a mysterious diamond ring, driving older folks to Florida for a chance at travel, and service in the WAVES during World War II building airplanes like Rosie the Riveter. We close with a couple of darkly funny Halloween stories and a simple salute to mothers everywhere.If this hit you, subscribe, share it with someone who misses their mom, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. What’s the one story you still tell about your mother?Please leave us your comments, text me, DM me, give me your thoughts.  what works and what doesn't land?  We want to improve.thanks for listeningJoe