I would sit on the floor between mama's feet, and she would pick my back and shoulders
I never seen mom did something like that to my brothers but I remember her "tanning" my sick lil brother under the jackfruit tree for days because she's afraid that he's gone because of bad hepatitic.
i bet the feeling when you did it yourself and your late mama did with the pimples was different and not hurt at all, right?
Yep! When mama did something personal like that for me, it DID occasionally hurt, but nothing like when I tried to lean into a mirror, looking down and/or back as far as I could, which was often not QUITE enough and I would end up bruising myself, trying to pop that pimple or get out a blackhead.
Mama had a Sebaceous Cyst on her right shoulder/back. She could not reach it.
When it would fill, it would itch.
My sisters and I (at different times of course) tried to get this out (imagine a LARGE pocket of pus below the skin, not a pimple nor blackhead, in fact if you didn't know where to look, it was hard to find).
After doing this for years (my returning the favor for her doing my back) I kept at it for a couple of days, and despite what that article I linked out to says,
I GOT IT ALL OUTand I mean it was almost like those underground hornets nests; at least 4-5 pockets all joined.Once I got all the pus out, it healed up and went away.
It had been an issue for her for more than 40 yrs at that point. (TMI?)
Thanks @cicisaja
I'm speechless... I don't know what to react now, 40 Years?? How strong was she?
You should read her story, which she wrote down and I transcribed and added photos that were from those same periods in her life.
Here is the link to the first chapter
Thank you @cicisaja https://peakd.com/nonfiction/@jerrytsuseer/love-came-twice-a-serialized-story-a-true-story-written-by-my-mother-it-is-an-account-of-her-early-life-in-her-own-words