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| SCOTT GULLEDGE / Scroll Photo Illustrations |
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When I was little, I would always go up to people with big stomachs and ask if there was a baby in there. One time we were somewhere, and my mom was sitting next to a man with a big pot belly. Before she could stop me, I went up to the man and asked if there was a baby in his stomach. My mom was so embarrassed.
• Denise McDade. a sophomore from Ceres, Calif.
My mom and I went on a road trip with a couple of our friends for spring break. As we were passing the Salt Lake area, we decided to stop by Temple Square. As we were walking around the site, my friend turned and said, ‘That garden boy is so cute.’ I agreed with her; then my mom turned and asked which one. We pointed him out to her and next thing we knew, she was running up to the boy. She talked to him for a good five minutes and then she snapped a picture and came back to us. We asked her what in the world she was doing and she said, ‘I know you two are too shy to go talk to that nice boy, so I decided to talk to him for you. I gave him your number and he let me take a picture of him for you. I sure hope he calls; he is so nice.’ It was so embarrassing at the time, but now it’s really funny. My mom is the best!
• Patty Harrington, a sophomore from Sumner, Wash.
My junior year of high school I was asked to a dance by [the son of] a member of the stake presidency. To answer him I carved the letters Y-E-S into three different pumpkins. I asked my mom to come help me deliver them late one night. We parked the car at the end of their lane and started sneaking through the trees toward the porch. We set the pumpkins down and lit the candles and turned to run. As we were running we heard the door opening, so we both ducked under different bushes to hide. Soon my mom started talking, thinking I was next to her, but then she realized that what she thought was me moving in the bush was really a skunk. Right then she started to scream and run toward the car. It smelled so bad! I couldn’t stop laughing at her the whole ride home — even with all the windows down. At the next stake meeting she got a lot of teasing about date expeditions and skunks. What a mom will do for her daughter.
• Catherine Palmer, a sophomore from Blackfoot, Idaho
My mom and I were in Ohio visiting my brother and his family. After church my mom and I walked to the bathroom to change out of our church clothes. I could’ve sworn she was right behind me when we walked in. When I was changing, my mom, in the stall next to me, let one rip! It started to smell so bad, and I just kept teasing her and saying how bad she stunk. I even told her that she should flush the toilet. All of a sudden my mom speaks up and says, ‘Bethany, that’s not me!’ Of course, I didn’t believe her so I kept on telling her how much she stunk. Again my mom said it wasn’t her and then the toilet flushed. The lady in the stall next to me walked out and said to my mom, ‘Kids say the darndest things, don’t they?’ It happened just last year. My mom was so embarrassed!
• Bethany Dunford, a sophomore from Decatur, Ill.
Last year during Mothers’ Weekend, my mom and my roommate’s mom wanted to go workout at five in the morning. We lived in Perkins Hall, and they lock the gates at night and don’t open them until seven in the morning. Our moms decided to jump over the fence so they could get their workout.
• Nichole Stout, a junior from Hurricane, Utah
My mom was in the bishop’s office, and he got her laughing so hard she peed her pants. It was freezing cold outside, and when she got outside steam started to come off her legs. My dad wouldn’t let her in the car and drove home without her.
• Seth Potter, a junior from Lyman, Wyo.
