My Mom insisted on me being Literate

I was just sitting here..Got out this notebook my dad salvaged from the trash years ago. it was a notebook that my mother kept from december of 1993 to march of 1997 but it isnt complete. She wrote down thoughts and quotes in it. Specifically things I said. I wish it was full so I could spend more than 10 minutes reading it before finishing it. There are a couple of pages of star wars quotes in there..My mother was a fan. Not as big as I was..she was part trekkie and a traitor. but thats okay. I love my mother. anyway as I was sitting here just reading the quotes from star wars I came across a quote that is familiar to me and I remember misquoting when I was a lad.

The actual quote
Darth vader to Luke Skywalker : "Join me and together we can rule the Galaxy as Father and Son"
My quote : "Join me and together we can rule the galaxy as far from the sun"

I found it quite amusing. But thats the way I heard it. When you are 8 and you hear James Earl Jones say those exact words..thats what you hear.
I sat there with my face in my hands chuckling at the misquote. and I just started to cry.

August 11th 1994. exactly 1 month before I turned 5 years old..that would be almost 15 years ago.
I am taking a bath listening to my mother read to me. My mom could always get me to take a bath by telling me she would read star wars books to me..I was 4 and loved star wars so hearing awesome stories from grown up books was apealing. I still have all the star wars books we had..well most of them. anyway back to the story. I am in the bath..listening to awesome star wars stories and my big brother Hugh would always come in and sit and listen as well. when I say to my brother.
"I'll give you 26 million dollars if you smell my bum" I was 4 years old.. Almost 5
Pretty funny huh?

May 1997. I read a billboard as we are driving through Kansas City that is about St Lukes. I told my mother who was at the time a devout Athiest and was raising me up as one as well that I was going to be a Saint. From what I read in this notebook she explained to me that Saints couldnt get married. I told her that I would never get married. and that I was going to be a saint. She wrote below my words "Saints cannot have children" My Mom wanted me to have kids.
Funny thing. I became a Saint. and so did She.

I wish I had more of my mothers writings.
I can't even imagine the things we would talk about if she were still around today.
I miss her..no doubt about that.

I guess that is all I wanted to write about today.

I love you
Andy