On May 22nd all the stars aligned and I was able to catch the season finale titled, "The Graduation." The show stars Patricia Heaton (From Everybody Loves Ray) as the mom, Frankie. She is hysterical. In this episode in particular she is smack in the middle of trying to hold on to the things she thinks she can control and trying to let go of the things she can't. And really with kids you can't control much.
In this episode the oldest son is graduating from High School and at one point he and his mother get into a fight about the color of socks he is wearing. I have the where-with-all to call my 17 year old son into the room to watch with me.
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Frankie (mom): "You cannot wear those white socks with your dress pants."
Axl (son): "Yes I can and I am. You can't make me change them."
Frankie: "Oh, yes I can and I will." At this point she hurdles herself on to her son's back as he is walking out the door, tackles him, and begins to strip off his shoes and socks.
I started laughing hysterically and looked over at my son who was shaking his head and smiling. (by the way I haven't seen him crack a smile in months) No words really needed to be said at that point because we both knew that we could have played out the same scene. The show was over and my son slowly got up off the couch, all 6'5" of him, and said, "Mom, I don't think you are so crazy to think you could tackle me and I probably won't be wearing any socks to graduation so you won't need to try."
Welcome to my life!
Happy Friday.
Magda
Here is the link to the episode if you find yourself with some extra time.
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-middle/episode-guide/episode-424-the-graduation
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