Mother's Day is crisp and clear here on the coast --
I have been thinking a lot about mothering, being mothered, being a mother lately. When I was growing up, more than anything I wanted someday to be a mother. Being married was secondary and mostly a means to become a mother, because in those days marriage seemed a necessary pre-requisite. My own mother was a very difficult woman so some of my desire to be a mother certainly came from wanting through it to mother myself.
Mother's Day has never been terribly important to me. I loved when the kids were small and gave me things they had made in school or cards they made. Those things are so very sweet and I still have several of them. My kids, adults now, are generous with "I love you." -- being well-loved, they love well.
So on this Mother's Day, I would like to thank my children for giving me the opportunity to be their mother, for loving me, for providing me with many of the best, and worst, moments of my life, and for continuing to grow with me.
Thanks, Courtney and David -- you are the best!