Enjoy this very
special day! It will be a rainy day in South Florida, but don't allow that to dampen her spirit. I wish all of our mothers and grandmothers a very special
Mother's Day.
As we honor
our mothers on Mother's Day this year, I am filled with great pride and comfort
when I think of all that my mother is and all that she has done and still is
doing for me as well as her other children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. I can’t imagine where we would be without her. My mother
worked tirelessly to give my sister, brother and me every advantage she could.
She never stopped trying to expand our minds, our worlds, and our experiences.
She helped us grow into the best people we could possibly be.
Sadly, many
mothers never get the recognition they so rightfully deserve for all of the
sacrifices they make. Sacrifices like going to bed hungry so we can go to bed
full, working tirelessly so we may have a place to sleep, taking us to doctor
visits, giving us our medications, our groceries, and making trips to movies
and fast food places with our friends. Simple acts. But all selfless acts. What
a mother does.
Mother’s Day
is also a day to celebrate the warm and loving memories of moms who may not still
be near but are always present deep within our hearts. Never far from us in
spirit. And it is a day to remember the spirit and generosity of so many
non-traditional mothers among us, because after all, a mother’s love comes in
so many different and beautiful forms.
So don’t
forget, your neighbor may be a mother, the cashier at the supermarket, your
co-worker, customer, teacher and preacher may very well be a mom. Grandmothers,
sisters, aunties… They have all made such an impact in this world … Honor them
all, thank them all, and remember them all on this day.
Tell her you
love her and show appreciation for all those years she has loved you back
unconditionally.
A day to
appreciate the loving presence other mothers have on their children, the wonderful
things she does for them, and the compassion she shares so selflessly so that
they may grow strong and know love and nurturing and sensitivity and understand
Happy Mother's Day!
Eugene Flinn
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