Mother’s day is a singular possessive since you all have just one mother in the biological sense. Of course with modern love being the way it is maybe it’s time that we transitioned it over to being Mothers’ Day as a plural possessive. Continue reading
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I was writing out my Mother’s Day card, and suddenly I was thinking back to Mother’s Day 2004. That year, I took mom to see Kill Bill: Vol. 2 at the movie theater. She loved it (she had already seen and enjoyed Vol. 1). My mother’s taste in movies is probably not typical for a lady her age–she has adventurous taste. Although it might seem like an odd choice for the holiday (murder, revenge, kungfu), one of Kill Bill‘s major themes (especially in Vol. 2 is motherhood.
You would think that being a mother I would get my shit together and mail my mom the obligatory Hallmark Mother’s Day card in time. I woke up this morning and smacked my head because our US Postal system will not get a card I pop into the mail today in Connecticut to the suburbs of Chicago by Saturday. Somehow an eCard doesn’t seem, well, seemly. So I am left with a quandary… what to get Mom to show her that I forgive her for tormenting me all those years which led to years of therapy love her? And, I have to get it to her quickly.
Here is a quick list of my go-to gifts for my dear ole mom: Continue reading
Gam’s outfit in the coffin was all wrong. I know Ma wanted her to look good, but Gam wouldn’t have picked that blouse. It was a deep navy, polyester posing as silk, with ruffles down the front. Continue reading