I am Sam Rowan (Sue Brophey’s son). I think she is a great mother, even if she’s sometimes cranky in the morning and snores in a funny way, (zzzz PUH! zzzz PUH!) but I don’t need to worry about that because I don’t sleep in the same room as her.

One of my oldest memories with my mom is not really my fondest, plus I hardly remember it because it was so long ago. My younger sister had been born pretty recently, and I’m sure most people know that when another child is born, the older one sometimes would feel left out. My mom did not want me to feel left out, so she decided to take me to a coffee shop, just the two of us for some special time together. (I don’t know why, but I liked coffee shops when I was little, even though I didn’t drink coffee). My mom had gotten herself a coffee, but then she accidentally spilled some coffee on my hand! I don’t quite remember how that happened, but even though it hurt I always like it when I get to spend time with my mom. I’m just more careful when she has coffee.

My mom does have a pretty cool job, she’s the producer of a small show called CANADIAN IDOL! She’s also the shows audience fluffer (which is a person who comes out during commercial breaks and warms up the audience by doing a number of things).

I don’t find it too awkward that that is my mom doing all these crazy things on stage. The only time I find it a bit embarrassing is when she comes up to us and says, “Now who are you guys?” as if she didn’t know who we were. Fortunately for me, that only happened once, and that time, my sister answered that question by saying, “Get away from me!” I don’t mind any of this because we always laugh a lot about the crazy stuff.

Another thing you’ll want to know about my mom is that whenever she does karaoke, she goes crazy, but she’s having fun and doing what she likes to do, and that’s what’s important. She’s a fun mom.

 

Love,
Sam Rowan

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