Ask Maria’s Mom

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Maria's Mom --

I am working on a profile for a new comedy ezine and while Maria has already answered a series of questions for the editor, I am wanting to add a bit more
beyond the "inspiration, perspiration, exasperation" of doing stand-up.

I would love it if you could answer the five questions that follow and
have fun doing it!

Thank you,
Linda Sharp
Learn more about Linda at www.lindasharp.com

Linda Sharp's latest book, Stretchmarks On My Sanity: The Growing Pains of Raising a Family, is available now at BN.com & Amazon.com. Find out why
she is called the "new Erma Bombeck"!

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1. At what age did Maria finally achieve peace with the toilet? (Potty training)

2. Growing up, did Maria ever adopt the stereotypical "imaginary friend" or was she content to commune with the Muppets on Sesame Street?

3. If Maria were to be stranded on a dessert island - note that IS dessert,
not desert - what favorite confection would she be happiest with?

4. When visiting Maria, do you ever feel the overwhelming need to clean up
her living area? Be honest...

5. Along that same line of thinking... like most people, I'm sure Maria has
occasional ring around the collar, a ring inside her toilet, a ring on her
cell phone that drives others nuts... As a Mom, are you anxious for her to
get a ring around her finger?

Dear Linda,

I must say I enjoyed your questions... Will do my best to remember those details and answer them cleverly (maybe)...

1. Maria made peace with the toilet at about 2. She was lucky to have an older sister whose good example made all the difference.

2. Maria had an imaginary friend who she called "gear"( I think she meant "girl", but couldn't pronounce the word.) I think she was some sort of alter ego... She did love Sesame Street though... I think maybe Kermit was her favorite, but I could be wrong!

3. Dessert... Chocolate ice cream with Hershey's sauce..... we love ice cream in our family. Just visited a great little ice cream store on the main street of tiny Empire, Michigan....( near Sleeping Bear Dunes). Maria (and I - and her sister) had their chocolate cherry ice cream... it was wonderful.

4. Well... suffice it to say that Maria can be very, very neat and also very, very messy... In the latter situation I just (pretty much) hold my tongue, like any good mother who wants to enjoy a positive relationship with her daughter!

5. Having been very happily married for the last 38 years, I would love to see Maria married to just the right guy - somebody - probably a down to earth Midwesterner - who reads The New Yorker, enjoys children, and laughs at all of Maria's jokes.... Heaven knows I would not want to be more specific than that...!

Good Luck on the e zine..... I am glad that somebody is a current Erma Bombeck... I loved her stuff.

Peace,

Marilyn

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