May 12, 2007

• Mother’s Day

  Happy Mother’s Day!

  I care about my mother, but the two of us never quite got along all that well. I suppose that’s the plight of every child and their mom, trying to balance her desire to protect and support you with your need to be free of her overwhelming presence interfering in your day to day. My aunt (my mom’s sister) always likes to tell me that despite your disagreements, no one will ever love you like your mother. She’s the one who carried you for nine months and gave birth to you, who went through great physical ordeals and changes, through pain and hardship I will never know (being a male), which creates a bond between a mother and her child that she tells me she feels is the highest form of love possible. So on this special day, just one out of 365 each year, we celebrate our mothers who gave birth to us, raised us, supported us, and who, for some of us, continue to try to meddle generously offer up advice and support to us even well into our adult lives. Cheers to moms everywhere, for doing for us (and saying to us) what few people would dare.

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