Happy Mother's Day a week late
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there. Yes, I know it is a week late, but that's okay--this is my blog and I can do what I want when I want to on it. Was it a Happy Mother's Day for me? The week before was more appropriate. Did you know that the Sunday before, May 4, was Bereaved Mother's Day? Appropriate, I think. I didn't answer the question did I? It's a tough question to answer--May 11 was the day I had been looking forward to it with great anticipation since September sometime. It was extra cool that it was going to be on Mother's Day, but Mother's Day was just the side benefit. Then January 13 came and with it came the dread of Mother's Day and the dread of May 11. Now, it was a day to look ahead to with dread--the weeks were counted, the tears were shed and finally it was here. We left for the weekend--just went away and hid. Call me a coward if you want, but, quite frankly, I wasn't about to risk hea...