Reggie29 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 It's Mothers Day today in Oz. So to all the Mums here, there and everywhere and on this forum; Happy Mothers Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 It's Mothers Day today in Oz. So to all the Mums here, there and everywhere and on this forum; Happy Mothers Day! That is so nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Happy Mother's day to my mum, and all the other lovely ladies out there. I think it's also Mother's Day in the USA It will be in a couple of hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Some of the older ladies whom I've come to know on the old forum and on this one, I have to say Happy mother's day to because they are like second moms, because some of them (Knebby and Celia) were in that duty...sorta. I have one thing i know I can do for my mother, and that's not be an asshole, plus she's on vacation next week so yeah. Need to be nicer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I have one thing i know I can do for my mother, and that's not be an asshole ........... ............... Sounds good, kid. Maybe bring her some breakfast in bed, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 ........... ............... Sounds good, kid. Maybe bring her some breakfast in bed, too. I wish....I can't cook breakfast worth a shit. I can make some toast for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I wish....I can't cook breakfast worth a shit. I can make some toast for her. Do it! It's the thought that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 She won't eat in bed even if it was gourmet. Cleaning up the bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitchin Soul Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I wish....I can't cook breakfast worth a shit. I can make some toast for her. I have a ideal for you. If you take your Mom to breakfast at McDonald's tomorrow it is free! How much better can it get? Just Kidding - although I do like an egg mcmuffin once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 She likes an egg mcmuffin every once in a while too. I'll buy one then. *heads to the store* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitchin Soul Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 She likes an egg mcmuffin every once in a while too. I'll buy one then. *heads to the store* That-A-Boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Thanks for the good wishes; I'd like to add mine to all the other Moms here as well My kids are all still asleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwizard03 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Happy Mothers Day Ladies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I still have to get my mom's flowers, but Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc1973 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful wife, on her first Mother's Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIRST LEDZEP Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Happy Mothers Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful wife, on her first Mother's Day! A Very Happy First Mothers Day to Mrs. Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHD Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 A very happy Mother's Day to all US and Aussie mums (we had ours here in the UK in March)...don't do a thing, rest, relax and be pampered! An extra special happy one to Mrs. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brspled Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 DN....thanks, that was sweet! Happy Mather's Day to all moms of this board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 It's the truth, Celia! I still need to try to get you to blush! Paul managed to...wait where is Paul!? Anyways, so far, today, I made my mom some toast (she wanted some!) and did all the work and cleaned up of course. She took a nap for like 4 hours, and is now playing on the computer. The best thing I can do is leave her be, because I'm up her ass all the time. Oh and not be an asshole, and I don't think we're going out. It was poopy out earlier, but now it's gotten sunny out, but she doesn't want to go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marolyn Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 ...don't do a thing, rest, relax and be pampered! ...wish i had read this before i cleaned the fridge and pantry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I made my mom, my grandma, my (pregnant) sister breakfast for mother's day! Of course, my other sister, my boyfriend, and I got to eat too. LOL Happy Mother's Day to all of the mommies out there! (Especially Daughter of Zeppelin and Mrs. Matt who are celebrating their first mother's day!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 This is a Garrison Keillor piece from Salon.com It reminds me so much of my mother-in-law. In photos of her, taken before she was married and her children were born, she resembled a young Grace Kelly. But, beyond that, she has devoted herself to her children and her grandchildren. Through all of the stress and sleepless nights that my husband put her through in the '70s, she was always there for him. From the first time that my husband brought me home to meet her, she has always loved, supported, and accepted me as a member of the family. Why Mother's Day? Because you entered this cold world causing her more pain than she thought possible and now she won't ever give up on you. By Garrison Keillor May. 07, 2008 | The last time I witnessed a woman becoming a mother, it wasn't anything like the frilly sentiments of Mother's Day. She lay on her back, perspiring heavily and yelling, "Oh my God, why did you do this to me? I'll never forgive you in a hundred years. I hope you hurt like this someday. Give me another epidural, you sadists. And get this thing out of me!" and looking up at me as if she were burning at the stake and I had lit the fire. And when the Infant appeared and was placed on the Madonna's chest, she said, "What in the world am I supposed to do with that?" It begins in innocence. Music is playing, the night smells of lilacs, she asks if he would like to come in for a minute, and he does, and little does she know what cataclysm awaits her inside: the loss of individuality as she joins the Holy Order of Maternity. Mothers were, at one time, young women with Possibilities who might have taken a different route and become glamorous and powerful figures in Size 2 dresses and instead found themselves cleaning up excrement and jiggling colicky babies to get them to stop screaming. They hardly ever get to London anymore or have time to read James Joyce. They sit down to dinner with adults and feel brain-dead. A bouquet of flowers hardly seems compensation enough. How about a million dollars and a house in the south of France? My mother appears in a photograph of five young women in white summer dresses walking hand-in-hand, grinning, on a country lane near Cottage Grove, Minn., in 1932 when she was 17, not long before she met my father, and they all look so fresh and happy, as if in a careless paradise all their own. She is willowy, shy and beautiful and she might've modeled evening gowns at Dayton's Sky Room and maybe been spotted by a Hollywood scout and wound up in pictures, playing the village girl who charms the world-weary tycoon stranded in Littleville by the blizzard. Instead, she became a suburban pioneer, making a home in a muddy cornfield, putting up the stewed tomatoes and canned beans every fall, raising six children, slogging through bouts of mumps and flu, whomping up big Christmases, fishing the laundry out of the washing machine and putting it through the wringer and hanging it on the line. Is that what the smiling girl of 1932 had in mind? The cruel injustice of motherhood is that, out of devotion to her brood, she sacrifices so much of her own life that her children grow up to find her a little boring in comparison to the maiden aunt who is a little rebellious and more fun to be around, whereas Mom is just the lady who runs the vacuum. As Erma Bombeck said, the kids walk in and ask her, "Is anybody home?" But she loves you. You could come home with snakes tattooed on your face and she still would see the good in you. Most great men were mama's boys. She encouraged them long before anybody else could see any talent there. Your mother is on top of the situation. Your father has a hard time remembering your birthday or even your Christian name, but your mother knows you by scent, thanks to years of doing your laundry. She knows when you're in trouble. And you will get into deep trouble someday. Count on it. Someone will file a lawsuit against you and subpoena your e-mail and it will all come flooding out, your dark secrets, your nefarious dealings, and your friends will cross the street to avoid you and your brothers and sisters will fade into the woodwork, but your mother will still love you. Like an old lioness, she'll come running even if you're 2,000 miles away. That is why you pay homage to the old lady on Mother's Day. You entered this cold world causing her more pain than she thought possible and now she won't ever give up on you. Those old ladies you see being wheeled onto airliners are the mothers of children facing imminent indictment for terrible things. Mama will be in the courtroom for you, baby. She will look the jury in the eye and her look may get you acquitted. Buy her something nice, like a set of gold ingots. Or a black car with a chauffeur. She's your mama, honeybuns. At least you could write her a note. (Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" can be heard Saturday nights on public radio stations across the country.) © 2008 by Garrison Keillor. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Media Services, INC. -- By Garrison Keillor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 (Especially Daughter of Zeppelin and Mrs. Matt who are celebrating their first mother's day!) I forgot about that; thy are! Happy Mother Day to all the mothers! You deserve a day of rest and peace. Not that it's what my mom got, but she deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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