Happy mother's day

[mikeyank]

I wanted to wish a special greeting to the mom's on this forum, including the first lady of the forum, Ms. K, as well as lovelumps, Beth, Grace, (who has raised her niece, with her husband) and any other's that I may be missing.

And to all of my fellow forumites who are lucky enough to have your own mom's still alive and in your lives, I wish you all the best of days to share with the special lady in your lives. Peace and love and have a wonderful day to all!

 

[stowe1]

I second those sentiments, mikey, both with respect to the ladies of the forum who are Mothers as well as to all the Mothers of my fellow forumites.

My Mother passed away in 1998 at the age of 86, one month after she and my Dad celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. I miss her, but I talk to her every day.

Where I grew up in Baltimore we had a custom that on Mothers' Day (and Fathers' Day as well) you wore a red carnation if your Mother (or Father) was still alive and a white carnation if she (or he) had passed. Anyone living elsewhere have this custom; or any specific cultural celebration for Mothers' Day? Am curious.

 

[another1]

i wish all the forum members who are mothers a happy mother's day!
to all the mothers of the world, i wish you all a happy mother's day!
every day should be mother's day.

 

[joninliverton]

Of course you Americans are 2 months behind the UK's Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday as some people know of it. I would like to send my best wishes to all your mothers and also to the aforementioned real mothers who frequent this forum.

 

[cumrag27]

Remembering times gone by...

I second those sentiments, mikey, both with respect to the ladies of the forum who are Mothers as well as to all the Mothers of my fellow forumites.

My Mother passed away in 1998 at the age of 86, one month after she and my Dad celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. I miss her, but I talk to her every day.

Where I grew up in Baltimore we had a custom that on Mothers' Day (and Fathers' Day as well) you wore a red carnation if your Mother (or Father) was still alive and a white carnation if she (or he) had passed. Anyone living elsewhere have this custom; or any specific cultural celebration for Mothers' Day? Am curious.

When I first became aware of this custom, I was attending a United Methodist Church in North Little Rock. I guess I must have been 5 or 6 at the time(around 1953 or 54). As a 5 or 6 year old who was in love with his "(Primary) Colors" as we called Crayola's back in the good-old-days, I found it most disturbing that if your mother was deceased, your only choice was WHITE. I guess when I got into puberty with my recently added ritual, I finally became reconciled with the color WHITE, which "the color WHITE"even now seems to be an oxymoron to me!

What a pisser it is to have to wear WHITE! Even YELLOW, like "In the song Entitled "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a BIG improvement, even in the guise of Yellow Carnations I thought! Such are the major concerns of a "devil-may-care" 6 year old!


Sincerely,


Stimpy

P.S. My mother lost her own mother at age 3 due to complications with another pregnancy; lived through two World Wars in France; left her beloved France in 1946 to follow her new husband(GI) to the States while speaking little English at the time, raised three children, taught herself English well enough to be a featured writer in a local newspaper, began her 4-year college degree in 1969 (at age 54) and graduated with her BA in 1973, qualifying her to teach in public schools, and survived receiving the worst news possible in 1998 of her firstborn, committing suicide when he was only 57. She had a lifetime of giving unconditional love wherever possible until November 2000, just before she would have had her 86th birthday.

How much I would love receiving one of her famous "noisy kisses on the cheek" one more time!

 

[grace17]

I second those sentiments, mikey, both with respect to the ladies of the forum who are Mothers as well as to all the Mothers of my fellow forumites.

My Mother passed away in 1998 at the age of 86, one month after she and my Dad celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. I miss her, but I talk to her every day.

Where I grew up in Baltimore we had a custom that on Mothers' Day (and Fathers' Day as well) you wore a red carnation if your Mother (or Father) was still alive and a white carnation if she (or he) had passed. Anyone living elsewhere have this custom; or any specific cultural celebration for Mothers' Day? Am curious.

Hi Stowe, that's a beautiful custom. In Australia a bunch of Chrysanthemums are traditionally given to mothers on Mothers day, mostly because their name is usually shortened to Mums and that's the spelling we use for our own mothers.

Being a day ahead we celebrated Mothers Day yesterday and my special girl Amelia made sure I spent the entire day smiling.

Happy Mothers Day to all the forum mothers, and I wish a peaceful day for those whose mothers have passed.

 

[nickkk1881]

When I first became aware of this custom, I was attending a United Methodist Church in North Little Rock. I guess I must have been 5 or 6 at the time(around 1953 or 54). As a 5 or 6 year old who was in love with his "(Primary) Colors" as we called Crayola's back in the good-old-days, I found it most disturbing that if your mother was deceased, your only choice was WHITE. I guess when I got into puberty with my recently added ritual, I finally became reconciled with the color WHITE, which "the color WHITE"even now seems to be an oxymoron to

What a pisser it is to have to wear WHITE! Even YELLOW, like "In the song Entitled "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a BIG improvement, even in the guise of Yellow Carnations I thought! Such are the major concerns of a "devil-may-care" 6 year old!


Sincerely,


Stimpy

P.S. My mother lost her own mother at age 3 due to complications with another pregnancy; lived through two World Wars in France; left her beloved France in 1946 to follow her new husband(GI) to the States while speaking little English at the time, raised three children, taught herself English well enough to be a featured writer in a local newspaper, began her 4-year college degree in 1969 (at age 54) and graduated with her BA in 1973, qualifying her to teach in public schools, and survived receiving the worst news possible in 1998 of her firstborn, committing suicide when he was only 57. She had a lifetime of giving unconditional love wherever possible until November 2000, just before she would have had her 86th birthday.

How much I would love receiving one of her famous "noisy kisses on the cheek" one more time!

Loved hearing about your mother...thanks for sharing this.

 

[Buckeye1]

My mother's greatest achievement in life was her refraining from killing me. I carried my terrible two's way into my midlife. She passed in 2011 and I miss her very much. Being mischievous just isn't as much fun anymore. I'll probably never grow up though.

Happy Mother's Day, moms (or mums).

 

[mikeyank]

I join Stowe, Stimpy and Robb in missing my mom too, especially on this day.

 

[BSBGraham]

Happy late Mother's Day to our female members. Hope you all had a good time with your loved ones.

 

[cumrag27]

Her life was about giving of herself unconditionally

Loved hearing about your mother...thanks for sharing this.

Dear Nickkk,

Thank you for appreciating a "snippet" of her life story. What was most remarkable was her vitality, her ability to smile through adversity, and her dedication to working toward making everything in every way better for all concerned! We understood early on as children that we had someone very special and necessitating we share our mother with everyone because her personality naturally drew people from all backgrounds to her.


Sincerely,


Stimpy