Happy Mother's Day to all of us. 

Mother's Day is a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.  Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs in the world, and there is no prerequisite, education, or training for it. Many of us were very young when we randomly became mothers, and we received on-the-job training through trial and error.

Some of us have children who have accepted the values we tried to teach them, and some of us do not, but all of us have one thing in common.  All across the board, mothers have a strong inner emotional connection with their children that lasts a lifetime.

We carry many images of our children continually within us. These images include times and events that no one else has seen or remembers, not even the children who were involved.  Inside us are memories of all the things we did, and all the things we didn't do, with Gratitude for the pleasant experiencs, and Sorrow for the unpleasant ones.

No matter what the current status of one's children is, all mothers deserve a medal, just for doing the best they could within the situations that existed over time.  So, I wish each of us a Happy Mother's Day, 2012.