May 14, 2006

• Seriously though....

  
    

      I've always been annoyed by the commercial "Mother's Day" thing. I'm pretty sure
  it was invented by Hallmark or some florist somewhere who was having a slow season.
  The real "Mother's Days" aren't necessarily annual. They come
  sporadically and are ever so much more gratifying than every second Sunday in
  May. 

      "Mother's Days" are all those days when you see your children display
  empathy and compassion.  And the days when he or she realizes a personal
  potential.  And the days that he/she is walking on air due to reaching a
  goal, winning a game, finding a love, cherishing a child of his/her own,
  etc. etc. Those are the REAL "Mother's Days," and nothing else can ever
  measure up.

      Having said that, there's more:

      To Princess Prissy:  Your note made me smile big.  Your lifetime gift to me is you being you.  I am humbled to realize that very little of the credit for that is mine.  I love you beyond Zebra.

      To THE KID:  Your note made me laugh big.  Your lifetime gift to me is that you are who you are in spite of yourself.  The end result that you have produced is all to your credit and has made it worth every single second of every single day.  I love you and would do it all again (but I'm awful darned glad I don't have to)!

      To Nick and Clyde Bodinski:  I know that this day is a bittersweet one for both of you, but it is obvious to me and to everyone who knows you that your mom was a wonderful woman.  You are both awesome examples of her love for you.  I knew her just well enough to know that she would be so very, very pleased that you are who you are.  And so very proud.

      P.S.  Your lifetime gift to me is that you welcomed me into your lives without hesitation and have never been anything but kind to me.  I love you both as though you were my very own.  And I  always will.

      To Loopy Louise, a/k/a the NGRSD (who will never know I wrote this because she wouldn't "get it"):  We probably will never see eye-to-eye and I fear your road will always be hazardous and your life will always be fraught with struggles of your own making.  But you possess many redeeming qualitites too often hidden away.  Despite my fears for you, I will always continue to hope that the light will dawn and you will begin to invite good things and good times your way.

     

  

     

      To ALL the offspring -- mine and Lin's:  The REAL Mother's Days invoke feelings of pure delight and never fail to make me want to dance with happiness!  Life would be empty without them.  So, a thousand thank yous for all those REAL Mother's (and Stepmother's) Days! 

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  End of seriousness. 
  Please resume being your collectively silly selves and I shall resume being mine.

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