Some Day You'll Thank Me For This!

Haven't most of us heard that title phrase again...and again...and again in our lives? We probably heard it from our own mother, too! I recently read Some Day You'll Thank Me For This: The Official Southern Ladies' Guide to Being a "Perfect" Mother by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays and I have to tell you, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The book is a humorous guide to the "Southern Mother," and even if you are not a DSM (Daughter of a Southern Mother), you will still appreciate this book. Metcalfe and Hays state that since southern society is arranged along matriarchal lines, the Southern Mother is a much more formidable being than the Southern Father. Southern Mothers were put on the earth to create good manners in their children and instill the art of ancestor worship into the next generation. This book is a humorous tribute to the Daughters of Southern Mothers, and their finicky, demanding Southern Mothers, and includes appropriate recipes for specific life occasions. Gayden Metcalf and Charlotte Hays are also the authors of two other humorous books: Being Dead is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral and Somebody is Gonna Die if Lilly Beth Doesn't Catch That Bouqet: the Official Southen Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Wedding. If you have ever wondered why southern women act the way they do...this book is for you! If you enjoy these books, try reading Jill Connor Browne's The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, another hilarious book about growing up as a woman in the south.