Gypsie’s Wonderful World of Words

Shakespeare published 154 sonnets in his quarto in 1609. While the initial 126 are addressed to a young man, the final 28 are directed toward an enigmatic woman referred to as the dark lady.

My Mom Selfie

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

Gypsie’s Mom circa 1954

In response to The Carrot Ranch’s May 9: Story Challenge in 99-words
Posted by Charli Mills – Compose a Mom Selfie in 99 Words

Looking into the mirror, I see my mom looking back at me. The woman in the mirror has the same wrinkles in nearly the same places. Though her eyes were black as coal and mine are a greenish-amber; they are the same shape and size and both having a distant, distracted look.

The shape of our lips and even the color was identical. It’s the outside wrinkles of our mouths that sets us apart. Hers from being a chain smoker, addicted to those Pall Mall cigarettes. Mine from laughter and love.

Too bad I got my dad’s nose!

15 responses to “My Mom Selfie”

  1. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
    Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

    Thank you so very much Sue and you look lovely to me! Beautiful hair! 😀

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  2. suespitulnik Avatar
    suespitulnik

    What a nice memory. I got all my Dad’s looks and short, stocky body. Welcome to the Ranch.

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  3. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
    Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

    Thank you Norah! Understand that! 😊

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  4. Norah Avatar
    Norah

    That’s beautiful. I think I am like my mother in many ways, but not so much in looks.

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  5. Michael B. Fishman Avatar
    Michael B. Fishman

    This was a beautiful portrait and thanks for sharing. I’m pretty sure your dad’s nose isn’t so bad!

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    1. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
      Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

      I loved my dad but he had a big honker with gigantic pores!! Think a smaller version of Karl Mauldin’s nose! LOL Thank you fit your kind words Michael …

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  6. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
    Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

    Thank you Colleen. She passed away in 1996 but I remember everything aboug her in vivid detail. ❤️

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  7. Colleen Chesebro: WordCraftPoetry Avatar
    Colleen Chesebro: WordCraftPoetry

    I also enjoyed the bit of humor you injected into your story. I love that you and your mom share so many characteristics. ❤

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  9. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
    Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

    Thank you so much Paula! 😊

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  10. Paula Light Avatar
    Paula Light

    Wonderful essay, with a humorous touch! 💜

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  11. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
    Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

    Add Scots/Irish on the other side = Celtic! ❤️

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  12. pensitivity101 Avatar
    pensitivity101

    Your Mum was an attractive woman Ami. I too am like my mother, but apparently more so her mother, a grandmother I never knew.

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    1. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris Avatar
      Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

      I knew and loved my grandmother deeply. (Mom’s mom) I am apparently like them both in physicality and a little else wise but I’m told I’m more like my Native American great
      grandmother in countenance, than any other. She was of the Sauk and Fox tribe in Tama, Iowa.

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        pensitivity101

        Wow. That is some ancestry!

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