Posted by Dinah on May 11, 2003, at 12:48:56
In reply to Re: Happy Mother's Day!, posted by justyourlaugh on May 11, 2003, at 9:30:50
I'm sorry, JYL.
I have mixed feelings about mother's day. On the one hand, I do genuinely want to thank my mother, and all the other mothers who do their best and succeed reasonably well.
On the other hand, I think it pours all mothers, and all women, into the same mold. Mothers are warm and caring and loving. They sacrifice for their children. Women are soft and nurturing. Some are, but some aren't. It's like we set aside a day for national self delusion.
The sermon at church today was like that, and I wanted to stand and extend my heart to those who didn't have mothers like that, and were probably made to feel pretty bad by the effusions from the pulpit.
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