Mothers Day

All the hype to honor mothers on a certain day rings a bit sour to me. Why not just treat them nicely every day?
Remember when my little essay got printed in USA Today? Talked about mothers being heroes. A little gushy and defensive in retrospect, but true nonetheless. Most moms are great.

I have a new one. After 30 years, I asked the women formally known by me as Doris if I could call her Mom. She said sure. (A real Mom would never deny you that) So, now I try to remember although it's a hard habit to break calling her Doris, but I correct myself when I remember.

And now, I am not the only mother in our family. There are three of them to share the day with now. Not to mention my own mother, mother in law and grandmother.

If you google mother, you get
107,000,000 references to mother.
And then there are those that have to steal the spotlight as heroes:
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/general/news/story?id=2338668