Mother's Day Memories

[Beth Gallagher]

@Marie Miller mentioned that we might have a Mother's Day discussion. I wonder how many of us still have our mothers at this point in our lives. My own mother died in 1991; I can't believe it's been so long since I've heard her voice.

This year, Mother's Day falls on my youngest son's birthday, May 10. I remember he was born on a Thursday night and back in those days, new mothers stayed in the hospital for 3 or 4 days so I was still in the hospital on Mother's Day. My husband brought our oldest son to the hospital to see us, and my little son brought me a gift-wrapped electric can opener that he had personally selected as my Mother's Day gift. He was unimpressed with his new brother and a little jealous.

Will you celebrate Mother's Day this year? Do you have memories of special Mother's Days in the past?

 

[Yvonne Smith]

My mother (and my father) have been gone since the spring of 1988; so it has been a long time for me that I have missed them. My mom loved flowers and had a yard full of peonies (and a lot of other flowers), so when my peony is blooming, it always brings my mother to mind.
We pretty much do not celebrate any days anymore; but my kids always message me or call to wish me a happy Mother’s Day, and I do the same with my 2 daughters -in-law.