I write to wish all of our readers a Happy Mothers Day. Whether or not we are a mother, or even could be, we all had a mother and I’m betting most of us are much the better for her love and guidance.
Neither of the DrsC had a sweet, doting mother. Our moms were smart, hard working women who made certain we had what we needed, did what we ought to do (most of the time), and turned out to be successful. Both were marked by the Great Depression which they were old enough to experience first-hand.
They loved us but were not demonstrative, weren’t big huggers, at least after we got out of diapers. We both loved our moms, but we also admired their evident skills that in both cases went well beyond housekeeping and mothering.
