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Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Photograph by August Sander (1876-1964)
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Nice sentiment Ms Graves. Mothers are hold in one's heart no matter the distance and the passage of time. And by doing so every day becomes a Mother's day.
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I hate this time of year. Several weeks of hearing about how great everyone else's mom supposedly was, to remind me of how crap mine was.
Fuck that. As has been said many a time here on Slog: popping out a kid doesn't take any particular talent or make you a great person. Being a good parent takes some actual effort. Not everyone's parent made that effort.
Fuck that. As has been said many a time here on Slog: popping out a kid doesn't take any particular talent or make you a great person. Being a good parent takes some actual effort. Not everyone's parent made that effort.
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I have to try to pretend Mother's Day isn't happening around my house, because my roommate lost her mom a couple of years ago (fucking cancer...). It's really sad.
That said, my mom wasn't so great when we were kids, but she's human and I get it. And, in the end, she is a really great person. She was just going through some shit. Still love her to death.
That said, my mom wasn't so great when we were kids, but she's human and I get it. And, in the end, she is a really great person. She was just going through some shit. Still love her to death.
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My mom was perfect in every way possible - still alive and I send her 150.00 worth of flowers, she invites tons of people to her house to see the display ..... wish she lived closer.
Above, you are correct. She worked VERY hard to be a good mom to her three kids.
As an adult I realized that every move she made had a relation to our well being, education, manners, and basics.
Love my mom, to the max. When I came out to her in my teens, she said who cares, and told about an obscure uncle who she thinks is gay ... three cheers for moms.
Above, you are correct. She worked VERY hard to be a good mom to her three kids.
As an adult I realized that every move she made had a relation to our well being, education, manners, and basics.
Love my mom, to the max. When I came out to her in my teens, she said who cares, and told about an obscure uncle who she thinks is gay ... three cheers for moms.
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Yeah, there isn't a holiday on the docket that doesn't twist my guts into knots more than fucking Mother's Day. It's the day I get reminded that I can't do anything right.
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@4 Exactly.
Everyone acting like Mothers are automatically saints makes me want to scream. I still have scars from my childhood and have no wish to celebrate this day.
That being said, I try not to bring up my bitterness to those that did have good mothers- most of them know my story anyway.
I do enjoy Father's Day though, and I think it's sad it gets the shaft for being in June when most kids can't make crap for their dads like for their moms.
Everyone acting like Mothers are automatically saints makes me want to scream. I still have scars from my childhood and have no wish to celebrate this day.
That being said, I try not to bring up my bitterness to those that did have good mothers- most of them know my story anyway.
I do enjoy Father's Day though, and I think it's sad it gets the shaft for being in June when most kids can't make crap for their dads like for their moms.
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I never realized how cruel all the mother's day hype was until my own mother died a few months ago. I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me.
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My 3rd grade daughter has a boy in her class whose mother died over the summer. This is his first Mother's Day without her.
To him, and to you Samuel @12, I'm sorry.
To him, and to you Samuel @12, I'm sorry.
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I feel mostly sorry for my mother, but I refuse to indulge in empty bromides for retail's sake. I don't forget the lit cigarettes, the screaming hysteria, my sister's broken arm, etc., either.
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@12 - I'm in the same spot. I'm planning on pretending it's not happening. It's worked pretty well so far.
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I loved my mother, she died of a nurses dirty hands after a successful operation 16 years ago at age 62. They call it sepsis and you'd be shocked to know that 50,000 Americans die of sepsis in our hospitals each year, thanks St John's. So every Mother's day I avoid going out to eat because it's freaky how many mothers look like my own dear mother. But this year I cry doubly hard as the mother of my nieces and nephews may have shot and killed my brother in March, but the detective that handled the case calls it suicide. Little hard for me to believe that my left handed brother, who loved his six children 3 natural and 3 adopted who was a hunter and gun owner would shot himself in the right temple with his right hand with a handgun that had the wrong size ammo in it. While his wife, the only other person in the room, stood on his right side and has told different stories to various people. The detective didn't swab her hands for residue, he said they "don't really do that anymore". Who ever heard of such a thing??? Could this mother's day be any worse, I guess it could but I shudder to think how. But I'm gonna get through this year if it kills me. Thanks for the song.
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