You introduced yourself and your kid. I thought at the time - but you two are the same age?

But if he's anything like his mom, and i bet there are some common traits, he's grown to be a good and sincere adult. Happy Mother's Day!

I'm making dinner for my extended family. Grilled saddle of lamb, mushroom and pepper risotto, roasted cauliflower, something with artichokes, and salad. Dessert is zuccotto with fresh raspberries.

I guess I should've known my son wouldn't fall for the Obama hype - he's always hated Starbucks and is the anti-latte liberal. ;)  I have to say that I cracked up when the conversation drifted from politics to gossiping about people we have known in the past (the boys have been friends since kindergarten) and David would say dismissively, "Probably an Obama supporter!"  

After a 20 year career as a corporate lawyer (Sidley Austin) then as an entrepreneur and business man (LexisNexis bought my company a few years ago), I'm leaving the corporate world to try to enter the courtroom for the first time in my life.

First, I'm off to NITA's two week boot camp in trial advocacy.  Then, hopefully, I can persuade someone to hire me as a public defender or something similar.  If that doesn't work then I guess I'll just hang out a shingle.  I hope your son knows how lucky he is to have you as his mother.

Mom gave me an extraordinary final gift: watching someone determined to live as fully as possible as age and impending death pressed down on her. She enjoyed the dog, the birds, the flowers, and stayed glued to CNN, keeping up with stocks (which she didn't own) and politics, hating Bush with a burning passion she usually reserved for Crimson Tide opponents....

She practiced writing her name over and over for weeks before the 2004 election so that she could sign her mail-in ballot herself and vote against George Bush. (She was born in 1919--a year before women could vote in this country.) And one morning after the election, I was combing her hair and we had CNN on as usual. We were both depressed. The talking head was saying something about Dick Cheney, and my semi-Victorian old Southern mother, who hated "ugly words," said in a slightly stroke-slurry voice: "Dick Cheney is an a**h*le," a word she had never used in her 80+ years. Once the shock wore off, I completely doubled over laughing and she cracked up, too. Did us both good.

I miss her. I have no doubt that she'd be for the stronger candidate.....

This too will pass: when my sister and I talk about mom, we somehow never seem to recall those last years.

Mine, too, is wedged between two other mother's: my own, and my daughter. I'm starting with brunch at one of the nicer waterfront locations with my daughter, son-in-law, 6 month old grandson, my son and his girlfriend, and my SIL's parents. I raised my children alone, so it comes as no surprise to me that they are both Hillary supporters who openly advocate for her and convert their undecided friends. Then, I'll stop at my parent's house to have some quiet time with my mom and dad. That's always a challenge with 5 of us (4 still local) trying to schedule some time.

It's a very special day. Rather cold weather in Seattle for mid-May, but filled with warm hearts all day. My daughter's first Mother's Day is truly the highlight this year.

Thank you for your very humane and loving remarks today.  Many of us do have elderly ailing parents as well as growing children.  Really a pleasure to read something so positive today --especially after this morning's NY Times (MoDo is a complete idiot today, sorry to inject negativity).

I am lucky to have my own mother - who is happily ensconced in a nearby retirement community where she is busier than ever.  We will pick her up and take her to our son-in-law's parents' house for an always-fun gathering.  My married daughter is lucky to have in-laws who treat her like the daughter they never had - and my husband and I consider them our friends, too.  Younger daughter has a wonderful boyfriend who may one day be son-in-law #2.  Both girls will be there, as will my brother and sister-in-law and their two kids.  And the 3-week old orphan kitten my daughter and son-in-law are mothering!

My contribution is strawberry pie - which I need to get busy with, so...

Enjoy your day.  Love your kids.  Let them love you.  Accept their thanks for all you do - and you know you do a lot!  Be thankful for the gifts you received from your own mother that made you the good mother you are.  If you are alone, or missing your Mom, or wishing you had been a better child or a better mother, be kind to yourself.  We don't come into this world knowing what to do, and if we haven't learned as much as we could have, or maybe learned the wrong lessons, we still have the opportunity to be better people, to let go of old hurts and forgive ourselves and those who hurt us without knowing it.  

Hug your mom - hug your kids - be proud.

My moms is the matriarch of the family now, she wil have 15 of us between kids, kids-in-law, and grandkids keeping her wine glass full today.

If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have a clue how our court system works. :)

My Mom's situation sounds similar to yours, but, there is little that brings her joy anymore.  Her spirit is ready to move on, but her body won't let her.

Being 2000 miles away makes it even harder.  Since I'm also 1500 miles away from my daughter, I'll be spending the day emceeing a peace rally inspired by Julia Ward Howe's 1870 call to mothers to gather together and take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace.

Life is complicated.  Being a Mom is complicated.  Being a daughter is complicated.  Being a human is complicating.

Today is one of those days to remember the people and things we're grateful for, both past and present.  I lost my mom this week, so it's a particularly bittersweet Mother's Day.  I had her for many years, both good and bad and I have my boys, who I treasure, and who have always been so sweet on this holiday.  

Ellen Malcolm (founder of Emily's list) wrote about how mothers never quit in this editorial in yesterday's Washington Post.

It's not surprising that low-income working women are the cornerstone of Hillary's success. Many of these women live on the edge of disaster. A pink slip, a family member's illness, a parent who can no longer live alone, a car that won't start or a mortgage rate that goes up -- all are threats that could devastate the family. And yet these women do what women have done for ages. They put on a confident face, feed their children breakfast and get them off to school. They don't quit. They suck it up and fight back against whatever life throws their way....

Hillary Clinton certainly has the right to compete till the end. But I believe Hillary also has a responsibility to play the game to its conclusion. For the women of my generation who learned to find and channel their competitiveness, for the working women who never falter in the face of pressure, for the younger women who still believe women can do anything, Hillary is a champion. She's shown us over and over that winners never quit and that quitters never win

Don't want to sound preachy, but to the younger TL-ers, if you have not been spending time with your mom, whether just too busy or are mad at her about something, rethink this.  The day will come when it's too late, and you will be sorry.

I learned this the hard way!

Happy Mother's Day, everyone!

We used to write letters to our mother and read poems.  

My mother would have been 99 this year.   She was an amazing woman.  Grew up in luxury and then saw her world collapse when we had to leave Egypt, coming to America her life was completely different, yet she kept her optimism, kindness and generosity.  She spoke and read five languages, could knit and crochet like a fiend, her cooking was beyond this world.   She raised four sons and me, the only daughter.  

 I was thinking as a mother what is it that we want from our children.  

I have settled on three things that I think make me happy.  

First that they are ethical human beings.  That they don't consider their privileges in life entitle them to anything more than others and that they are kind and generous.

Second that they have a work ethic.  Willing to work when the circumstances are hard and willing to pay for their own way in life.  Finding something that they are passionate about in that work.  

  Go ahead and let some tears flow.  It's really good for the immune system! and you've got such excellent reasons for this happier form of crying.  Love the description of what makes your mom light up; I share her reaction to the chocholate and ice cream!

  My mom died at 44 so I'm totally with you on your advice to let them know you remember.

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