Comments on: Mother’s Day http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: brendancalling http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143218 brendancalling Mon, 12 May 2008 17:10:07 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143218 "So if you’re a mother, today I salute you. (If you’re my mother, I also take you out for brunch.) And if you’re a father (barring, you know, heroin addiction or the aforementioned psychosis on the part of your wife), you should fall down on your knees and kiss her very toes. Because you really have no idea." Oh believe you me, I have every idea. "Kiss her toes"? For what? Happy Mothers Day to my mom and my friends who are moms. <a href="http://civilizer.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/middle-finger-of-the-apocalypse.jpg" rel="nofollow">But to my sons mom?</a> (I realize that 99.9% of moms are awesome, and this isn't to detract from the winners). “So if you’re a mother, today I salute you. (If you’re my mother, I also take you out for brunch.) And if you’re a father (barring, you know, heroin addiction or the aforementioned psychosis on the part of your wife), you should fall down on your knees and kiss her very toes. Because you really have no idea.”

Oh believe you me, I have every idea. “Kiss her toes”? For what?
Happy Mothers Day to my mom and my friends who are moms. But to my sons mom? (I realize that 99.9% of moms are awesome, and this isn’t to detract from the winners).

]]> By: votermom http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143201 votermom Mon, 12 May 2008 12:40:17 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143201 Belated Happy Mother's day Susie. Love your article. (((HUGS))) Belated Happy Mother’s day Susie. Love your article.

(((HUGS)))

]]> By: Macjazz http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143191 Macjazz Mon, 12 May 2008 00:30:00 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143191 You really do write well Susie ... this just captures something ... spot on and makes me appreciate my own Mom even more. Raised us six brothers on her own, she did, God Bless Her! Any acrimony's well past now, and Mom glories in her grandchildren, especially little ten month old Elizabeth. CUTE as a button, and makes her Grandma's heart soar when she smiles! What a great day, and how great to be able to enjoy such a wonderful gathering in Mom's honor. Happy Mother's Day! You really do write well Susie … this just captures something … spot on and makes me appreciate my own Mom even more. Raised us six brothers on her own, she did, God Bless Her!

Any acrimony’s well past now, and Mom glories in her grandchildren, especially little ten month old Elizabeth. CUTE as a button, and makes her Grandma’s heart soar when she smiles! What a great day, and how great to be able to enjoy such a wonderful gathering in Mom’s honor.

Happy Mother’s Day!

]]> By: clio http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143189 clio Sun, 11 May 2008 23:56:38 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143189 Truth from the trenches. I wish I could take credit for saying this, but of course I can't. My mother said it first. <blockquote>"It's impossible to tell a young woman all that motherhood will require of her. If anyone somehow could she wouldn't believe it because with all the wisdom of youth she knows she can do better. Fortunately for the human race, by the time she learns that she like every woman before her is wrong about that, it's too late. </blockquote> I <i>have</i> said, more than once and at various volumes, that any mother who gets her children to adulthood alive deserves a medal. Should she be Lady Luck's particular favorite, and the child is semi-civilized and not in jail she gets an oak cluster (although I have never found the awards ceremony location myself). Happy Mother's Day! Truth from the trenches.
I wish I could take credit for saying this, but of course I can’t.
My mother said it first.

“It’s impossible to tell a young woman all that motherhood will require of her. If anyone somehow could she wouldn’t believe it because with all the wisdom of youth she knows she can do better. Fortunately for the human race, by the time she learns that she like every woman before her is wrong about that, it’s too late.

I have said, more than once and at various volumes, that any mother who gets her children to adulthood alive deserves a medal. Should she be Lady Luck’s particular favorite, and the child is semi-civilized and not in jail she gets an oak cluster (although I have never found the awards ceremony location myself).

Happy Mother’s Day!

]]> By: PB http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143186 PB Sun, 11 May 2008 23:11:26 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143186 Thanks for the Mother's Day column....it's nice to know I'm not alone. By the way, I thought OPUS was hilarious...my daughters, not as much. Thanks for the Mother’s Day column….it’s nice to know I’m not alone. By the way, I thought OPUS was hilarious…my daughters, not as much.

]]> By: k http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143185 k Sun, 11 May 2008 21:49:07 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143185 My child is perfectly delightful, except for those odd moments when she is such a freak. Which is exactly when I see myself mirrored back. I periodically apologize, for whatever it is I've done to her. My child is perfectly delightful, except for those odd moments when she is such a freak. Which is exactly when I see myself mirrored back.

I periodically apologize, for whatever it is I’ve done to her.

]]> By: memyself http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143178 memyself Sun, 11 May 2008 19:20:11 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143178 I have found that much of the ugly stuff melts away when the kids get old enough to discover how smart you are and also to give you four of the most delightful grandchildren in the world. I have spent this weekend with my 2 year old grand daughter "helping" me garden and clean because her Mom needed child care help. I am exhausted and incredibly happy today. I have found that much of the ugly stuff melts away when the kids get old enough to discover how smart you are and also to give you four of the most delightful grandchildren in the world.

I have spent this weekend with my 2 year old grand daughter “helping” me garden and clean because her Mom needed child care help. I am exhausted and incredibly happy today.

]]> By: Ruth http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143172 Ruth Sun, 11 May 2008 16:37:47 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143172 Thanks, and happy recovering mothers day. Thanks, and happy recovering mothers day.

]]> By: snuzy mandrake http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/11/08/17/mothers-day-2/#comment-143167 snuzy mandrake Sun, 11 May 2008 15:54:33 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24803#comment-143167 happy mother's day, susie! happy mother’s day, susie!

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