Hello kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dared to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and every Thursday we release these special episodes that were calling

classic risk singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from our earlier years.

If you're new to risk, you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week, a sort of infamous story by Donna Steele, who first shared this one on the podcast

in September of 2013.

Here's Donna Steele now with a story we call Mother's Little Helper.

So growing up, my mom wanted everyone to think she was really put together.

She dressed in the latest fashion.

She always made sure her house was really clean, but she was always a little bit off.

She would take us to places and dress us up in like top dollar fashion, bows, ties.

My brother always had to wear a tie no matter where he went or khakis and polos.

That was another really big thing for her.

She would have parties over at our house at least once every couple of weeks just to kind

of get the neighbors in to see, oh, this is the new couch I bought.

Or, oh, this is the new TV we got to look at all our fancy things.

But my brother and I saw a different side to my mother.

For example, she could tell the difference between Coca-Cola from one McDonald's location,

like on Param Road, to the other McDonald's location, which was all the way on Gaskins.

If it wasn't for McDonald's, she would know.

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