Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Mom & Me 1948

Some things never change, especially a mother's love.

Ellen, Mom, and Me 2007

Bouquet of Lilacs

Today is Mother's Day, and my daughter presented me with a bouquet of lilacs. She has shared similar nosegays through the years, just as I do with my own mother.

I have written about lilacs before, and will probably continue to do so each spring.

The sight and scent of these lovely flowers evokes memories of times gone past, hopes for times to come: sweet nostalgia, lavender longings.

She Never Existed Before: Mother's Day 2008

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." -Rajneesh



"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." -Elizabeth Stone

"Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee

Calls back the lovely April of her prime."
-William Shakespeare