Grice, thank you, you're very sweet. I know it hasn't been that long since you lost your mom so this time of year must be a little tough, to say the least. I am fortunate to be able to celebrate mother's day once again this year with my own mother. But father's day this year will not be a joyous. My father passed away three months ago and I dread this year's holiday for dads. It'll be a tough one. Once again, thank you for your nice message! I have a wonderful home life with my husband and children and a wonderful family all around. So I'll be pampered by my little group here once more. And they remind me all year long how much they appreciate me; it's all good...LOL...

Here is a male wishing all the woman on this site a very happy Mothers Day as every person I have dealt with, over 100 for sure, have all been very kind. I have never had a bad experience on this site. My first year with a brug went great by the way. I let it go dormant insde before frost and watered it about once a month in the cold storage room. Then in April I brought it to a sunny window and really watered it, voila brug again. Bye now, brian

Vroomp, I really enjoyed that! Especially the part about being willing to be indispensible one minute and an embarassment the next! Those are the truest descriptive words ever written about being a parent. I spent my Mother's Day morning working on my community garden plot, and the afternoon and evening helping a friend create a small rose garden in memory of her mother who passed away this past winter. I took over to her house a couple of young roses from rooted cuttings from my yard, and we found the perfect places to plant them, and then dug nice homes for them together. She cooked a wonderful dinner for us and we enjoyed reminiscing about her mother and just spending a quiet evening. Before I left she gave me cuttings from a jasmine vine with a heavenly scent, and we planned to make other plant and tool trades. One of my sons called mid-day, just catching me in a few minutes when I was indoors, and the other had called last Sunday, thinking it was Mother's Day then. All in all I'd have to say it was one of the better Mother's Days I've had.

So far it's been a good Mother's Day and I've done what I like to do, which is spread fertilizer on the grass, weed and trim the edges. The weather has been perfect. If I got a Mother'Day wish that would come true, it would be for weather like this more often! My younger son got me a very nice MP3 player. It's a Sony. I wish I'd had for the flight to and from Paris in March. Now I will use it at the gym and when I take walks or cut the grass. He showed me how to download podcasts. This was going to be my birthday present, so I will probably get flowers for my birhtday. That works for me. The older son called on the phone which is more than he usually does. He covered his butt by saying he would get me something extra nice for my birthday. We'll see. Tonight I'm having dinner with my mom, which I do most Sundays. She is making lobster tails. I have two hanging baskets of red New Guinea Impatiens and some geraniums for her. Hope all you Moms and those who do mom-like things have a wonderful Mother's Day.