That would annoy the shit out of me. I remember her visiting me in San Francisco when I was in my early 20's and we took a walk in Golden Gate Park. We were in the Japanese Tea Garden, I think, when we saw the Drum Bridge and she wanted to walk over it. I was hungover, as I often was in my 20's, and wearing a skirt and didn't feel like it. I said, no let's go somewhere else and my mother, being my mother, said, NO, let's walk over the damn bridge.
I was wearing sandals, I fall a lot, balance is really, really not my strength and all I wanted was a quiet walk with my mother in the park. But she insisted, finally yelling at me, "Every day you should do one thing you're afraid of!" I acquiesced and we climbed up and over it - not as easy as you might think looking at the photo - and we went on our way. My head was pounding, my palms were sweaty, I almost lost a shoe...but we did it.
And I just wanted to tell you, Mom, that I can honestly say that I've reached the point in my life where pretty much every day I do at least one thing I'm scared to do. I'm not going to go sky diving or start holding tarantulas, but I force myself to do things that aren't easy. And I'm really glad you said that to me 3,497 times.
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