“Mother's Day”

I've seen a few comments on weblogs today about the pain of celebrating Mother's Day when your mother has died in the last year (since the previous Mother's Day).

I'm sure that is hard. Thank God my parents are still spring chickens.

But... think about those mothers who have lost their children since the last Mother's Day. This day is especially hard for them.

Sometimes my wife, Corinne, doesn't even know if she's a mother anymore. She is, in my opinion, and always will be, but I'm sure you can understand (a little) the confusion.

Also, thanks to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are now a lot more mothers without children than there were a year ago.

(I first mentioned this to Dave, and told him I didn't think I could post it here without causing Corinne more pain. Then I talked to her about it, and she said it was fine, that she likes thinking about him.)