Happy Mothers Day!
May. 14th, 2006 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoney321It's a never ending job, motherhood.
There's all the cooking, for starters.
And half the time they won't eat it, no matter HOW good for them it is. Bath time can be a chore, too.
Some of us are carpool moms, always herding our offspring all over town.
We're constantly on the lookout for danger, be it a Bad Person, or that rotten kid down the street. You know the one. Every town has one.
And a lot of us have that one kid. You know the kid. The one that makes us tear out our hair most days?
Or maybe you have the clingy-type? The one that will NOT LET GO?
Sometimes you have to be tough. Give them a push to help them trust themselves.
There are times they just absolutely sap you of your strength.
Not all of us are "traditional" mothers. Either they find us, or we find them.
Or... we wanted to be mothers. It's not always in the cards, is it?
And traditional families? What's that? Two moms can be better than one.
Sometimes you feel mean. Sometimes you wonder how they can even love you.
But they do.
For all the "traditional" moms, for the soon -to-be moms, for the adoptive moms, for the good pet moms, and for the motherly types that help the other moms out, may the sun shine where you are, may there be no messes, may the food make itself (and get cleaned up afterward) and may the little blighters give you a break today. At least for an hour.
Thinking especially of my friends who might be having a difficult time today,
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:02 am (UTC)*has nothing intelligent to add*
happy mother's day, sweetheart; I hope they're treating you well.
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:05 am (UTC)(thanks, and I am still laughing at the "milk carton bunny" #2 made me.)
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:12 am (UTC)Julia, supposedly, now I have sufficient time to actually write.
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:23 am (UTC)There are days I fantasize about being in your position...
Happy Mothers Day, my friend.
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:30 am (UTC)Happy Mothers' Day.
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:31 am (UTC)*and completely agrees with your icon*
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:52 am (UTC)Yes, our Mothering Sunday is in March, and I had a good one. I hope yours is as good.
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-14 09:22 am (UTC)*hugs you and your AWESOME MOM*
*knows the best moms are the ones we pick for ourselves*
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-14 09:29 am (UTC)BABIES. That chimp baby with the mouth open slays me every time.
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:33 am (UTC)Happy Mother's Day!
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:46 am (UTC)(And your icon is GORGEOUS. Makes me feel all sunshiney inside.)
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:55 am (UTC)Rascal doesn't get snuggles, because he tried to kill a BABY BIRD that fell from its nest. Caza rescued it, though, so there was not horror in OKC today. This is why I will never have a bird feeder.
Thank you for the truly beautific picspam - made my morning. I'm having a great day today - so far the only negative thought I've had was stopping at Wal-Greens this morning and seeing the boxed Mom's Day corsages on the counter and thinking "Why are they always tiger lilies? And who buys their Mom a corsage at Wal-Greens??" The card aisle was full of last minute shoppers, though.
LOVE YOU.
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Date: 2006-05-14 10:01 am (UTC)I saw your comment about Rascal! *stern look at him, snuggles when you aren't looking* Darthanne slaughtered a bunny for me last night. Erk.
Corsage? *has never had one* I like star-gazer lilies the best, I have to say. And yeah - Wal-Greens? I would mock Mr. S mercilessly.
LOVE YOU, TOO!
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Date: 2006-05-14 11:37 am (UTC)Glass of water? Hot rock massage? (And thank you! Feel free to dump on me if the pregnancy wears you down...)
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Date: 2006-05-14 01:34 pm (UTC)*doesn't say which one it is because then you'd know what my hubby looks like and you'd lose all respect for me... not that you really have any for me to start with, but still*
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Date: 2006-05-14 03:06 pm (UTC)I have such a SMILE!
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Date: 2006-05-14 03:23 pm (UTC)Happy Mother's day to you. :)
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Date: 2006-05-14 03:46 pm (UTC)You know, most days I do fine...but Mothers' Day is when I miss my mom the most...just because there are so many people who have mothers they don't appreciate, and mine is gone...sorry /emo whine...
Happy Mother's Day, stoney--hope that you had a great one... *huge hugs*
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Date: 2006-05-14 04:21 pm (UTC)*tackle hugs* And Jack! What a perfect gift. :D
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Date: 2006-05-14 09:18 pm (UTC)Thank you for the wonderful picspam. I love the schmoop!
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Date: 2006-05-15 08:49 am (UTC)(I have secret love for animal schmoop... Don't tell.)
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Date: 2006-05-15 08:51 am (UTC)And thank you for the wishes! *hugs*
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Date: 2006-05-15 03:21 am (UTC)*cough* This is sweet and I'm totally lying about being covered in head to toe in puke. There was a little bile but I swallowed it right back down. This is lovely and gorgeous and hurrah for mothers everywhere. I got to ring my and describe her present to her because I forgot to mail it, aren't kids great? Hey, she got stretch marks and a weak bladder from me, what more does she want and you'd think she would have been more grateful when I reminded her.
LJ keeps putzing out on me but I saw your other post and awwwww again. Your kids are wuverly and so is their Mom. Happy Mothers Day!
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Date: 2006-05-15 08:52 am (UTC)Don't even act like you didn't "awww" at that kitten in the dog bowl, and the dog in the chef hat. COME ON!!
(Thanks, D, and I hope things are better at your end, toots.)
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Date: 2006-05-15 10:28 am (UTC)Can't decide which is my favorite, the black-and-white baby chimp with the stand-uppy hair, or the hippo and tortoise. But I may have to print out the chef dog with the kitty in the bowl just for my kids.