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A clink to the Moms on the Cooking Forum

16 years ago

I'm not sure how much time I will have to share with you all tomorrow, so I wanted to take a moment this evening to *clink* to all the moms on the forum. A couple people might recognize the glass from Martini Mayhem, I only bring it out on the most special of occassions!

So here is to all the Mothers out there!

Alexa

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annie1992
16 years ago
Thanks, Alexa, and I'll join you with a coffee cup clink to all the other mothers and grandmothers and even great grandmothers out there.

We're all in this together, you know...

Annie
lindac
16 years ago
It it that time? Maybe I best be shakin' something up!!
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centralcacyclist
16 years ago
Holding my wine glass aloft. Clink.

My own mother is a mess and an occasional monster, yet here I am anyway. A toast to all the better mothers than mine and a special toast to those who survived their own mothers to become truly wonderful mothers.

Eileen
jude31
16 years ago
May I please join you? I'm with Annie...the mothers, grandmothers and since I'm a great grandmother twice going on thrice, great grandmothers as well.

Here's to all!

jude
wizardnm
16 years ago
I'm not a Mom, but I'll clink to all that are!!!

Nancy
trixietx
16 years ago
I'm clinking to all the Moms, Grandmothers, GreatGrandmothers and daughters and daughter in laws who are Mothers.

My DDIL is fixing lunch for us tomorro. Wahoo!

Happy Mothers Day to all!
dedtired
16 years ago
Here's a clink to everyone who has a Mom and everyone who is a Mom, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and Great Great Grandmother! No one told us what a hard job motherhood would be or a what a wonderful job it would be.

Happy Mother's Day to all. My mom is 92. I love her.
doucanoe
16 years ago
Incude me in the celebratory "clink".

We have so many awesome mothers/stepmothers/grandmothers/great-grandmothers and "other mothers" here and it is only right to raise a glass in honor of all of us/them.

It's one helluva job, but worth every minute!

HAPPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Linda
jojoco
16 years ago
You don't have to have children to mother someone. Here is to every woman out there who is looking out for, and worrying about someone.

Jo
BeverlyAL
16 years ago
*Clink* my wine glass to all of the moms, about to be moms, grandmoms and wannabe moms out there. Have a sensational day!
beachlily z9a
16 years ago
Well, I never met mine. I do clink a wine glass to all current, past and future moms! We need them and want them to have a wonderful Sunday!
TobyT
16 years ago
And to all who are missing their Mom. My second Mom (MIL) died this morning, so we are focusing on a great Mother's Reunion in the great beyond. Let's raise a glass to all the Mom's who are not with us.
Jane
lindac
16 years ago
What seemed at first to be a light hearted "clink" post has suddenly become serious...
I would like to offer a toast to those "moms" who have never given birth but who mother....and those who support and nurture such moms...
I had occasion to be with a family who's daughter had a 17 year old friend....who was there with us....who was 10 weeks pregnant, didn't know who the father was, for sure, parents had booted her out, the friend's mother said she had to find somewhere else to be....but next year this time she will be a mother...
Let's clink to those who beyond all odds, somehow manage to love and nurture a child...their biological child, or one who needs nurturing.
Who'll join me? Clink! to all the mothers for whom being a mother is a great hardship....but still manage....
althetrainer
16 years ago
I don't drink but I will raise my cup of hot lemon water to clink along. Happy Mother's Day to all of us including the men whom we love so much!

Al
kathleen_li
16 years ago
Happy Mother's Day everyone! Good health!
lsr2002
16 years ago
Happy Mother's day to all. Wishing you all a bright and sunny day with family and friends.

We're going to our son and Dil's for a big family barbecue. It will be fun I know, and it will be good for Max to be with a lot of family since this is the first Mother's Day that we'll be without his Mom.

Clinking with my club soda,

Lee
User
16 years ago
Happy Mothers Day from me as I sip my tea. Meredith is finally home so today is a special Mom's Day for me!

Today we move her to London. She will be living there for the next year while she attends grad school. It's only 1 1/2 hours away so she'll be home most weekends. I think it's a good transition for both of us! LOL

Have a great day everyone!
jessyf
16 years ago
beachlily, sorry to hear you never met your mom....who was the maternal influence in your life?

Hugs to Jane.

LindaC I cannot fathom in this day and age throwing out a 17 YO girl. Hope these people aren't 'friends'.

I'll just clink to the rest of us - those who are daughters, mothers, aunts, nieces! Stepmothers included!
sheesh
16 years ago
Clinks and hugs to everyone. I'll see my mom today, and most of my kids and gkids, and I'll cherish them, but I know it's not always sweetness and light for everyone.

Sherry
jojoco
16 years ago
Jane,
Sincere condolensces to you on your loss. What a hard time this must be.
Hugs.

Jo
loagiehoagie
16 years ago
I love my mama. This is my 5th Mother's Day without her here on earth. I do know she is having a great time with her mama and dad, brothers and special friends.

For those of you who have your mom's here....treasure them and spoil them rotten! And for those of you who are also mothers I hope your kids give you lots of love and special attention today!

Duane
lowspark
16 years ago
I toast to all mentioned above. Lots of good toasts!

And a toast to my own mother who passed away just over 10 years ago. She was a wonderful mother and when I became an adult, a friend. I've patterned my parenting after hers and my father's and hope that I've done half as good a job as they did.

And, I'll also toast to my kids who have blossomed into incredible young adults. Not only are they constantly making me proud, but they still love me, respect me, ask my advice, and follow it. I just don't think I could ask for better than that!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
triciae
16 years ago
Many great Mother's Day toasts and thoughts on this thread.

tobyt, please accept my condolences on your loss today.

beachlily, I'm sorry.

I tend to forget that I'm a mother on this day & instead focus on my own Mamma that I lost just shy of 40 years ago. I'm wondering how we would have related as adult woman to adult woman, how it would have been to call her with a question when I became a mother, & how special it would be to have a mother to call or take to dinner today...Mother's Day. Why do I still cry on Mother's Day? Geesh, she's been gone for 40 years!

Happy Mother's Day everybody!

/t
dirtgirl07
16 years ago
Triciae, it's because a Mom is a Mom, is a Mom - no one else in the world like her - at least not to me. This whole thread made me cry and I still have my Mom - Thank heavens for her!

Much love to all the different kinds of Moms on here!

Beth
annie1992
16 years ago
Jane, I'm so sorry to hear that you've lost your "2nd Mom", you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Beachlily, I'm sorry about your Mom too.

I just sent my own Mother home with a bottle of her favorite Paul Newman wine, a loaf of homemade bread, a dozen farm fresh eggs and the last piece of rhubarb pie. Her goodbye to me was the same as always "Drive carefully, wear your seatbelt".

Mother is consistent, LOL.

Annie

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