Hippie

It seems the Hippie movement is making a comeback. That is something that has never left my house.

For those who have not met my mom, she is a hippie. She even looks the part. She often wears long patchwork skirts, has a peace sign tattooed on her ankle; she loves the Grateful Dead and she can tell you the date that Jerry Garcia and John Lennon died. She tells stories about when she was little that my grandparents used to take her to a commune in Tennessee call "The Farm."

I think most teens believe that being a hippie means smoking pot and getting high. However, my mom does not do drugs or drink alcohol. I would think that a woman who spent time at a commune might know a little more about being a hippie then the teens at school. Mom said that being a hippie can be many different things. For some people it is just a love of a certain type of music that gets them labeled as a hippie. Some people show an abundance of respect for the earth and choose to recycle, reuse and compose and become labeled as a hippie. Others, show an abundance of care and acceptance of others and chose to share what they have...and become labeled as a hippie.

I mean if you think you have to get high to be a hippie, you can think what you want. Just sayin, a lady who has lived doesn't do drugs and doesn't drink no more, but she is still a hippie. So, you don't have to do that stuff to be a hippie.