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.

Thank you for that prayer, Toni! It was lovely! Happy Mothers day to all of our Mothers in fact, Mothers in waiting and Spiritual Mothers, and even to our male "moms". You are all very precious and very appreciated! Giving birth to a child does not make one a mother, it is love, attention, caring and devotion that does that. Being a mother is holding them close when they hurt or are fearful, laughing and crying with them, knowing when to let go and knowing how to let them come home again, even if just for a few minutes. It is support, cheerleading, playing the 'bad guy' when needed, encouraging them to grow, and try new things, even when all we want to do is keep them close. It is accepting the decisions they make for their lives, not grudgingly, but with love and understanding, even when those choices are not ones we would have made for them. It is loving where they love... and standing back and not getting in the middle. It is giving our opinion, then stepping back to let them be the person they choose to be. And it's even standing to the side and letting them deal with the consequences, good or bad, of the decisions they make. It is being there for them, even if the consequences are deserved. Blessings to all of you who have faced or will face these challenges and who do so with love, because a Mother's job is never done. Kathy Kathy

Two of my 3 are coming Saturday to spend the night and fix lunch on Sunday. Then they will take families back home that afternoon to get ready for work and school the next day. The end of next week, youngest will fly in from the east coast to spend a couple of days before he and friend head off to Yosemite with elder son and DIL to camp for a week and celebrate their May birthdays. My favorite thing for sure, having the "kids" visit.

THANK YOU Georgect, XOXO!! And yes, Happy, Happy Mother's Day to all the awesome Moms, that do so much everyday, many (no most times) totally unappreciated. Trust us, we appreciate it!!!