As a young boy and adult, I never gave any chance to mom to correct me. What I thought (right or wrong) I did. Though my mom was efficient enough to correct others in the family, she failed miserably in her attempt to woo me and correct me as I refused to submit myself for correction!
I feel, I should have given mom a chance!
Note: This prose passage, I happened to write on the day of her death. Incidentally, I couldn't attend her funeral as I was else where on an isolated island in a neighbouring country.