This weekend is all about moms.  (Unless you are a fisherman in MN, then, it may be all about the fishing opener!)  With Sunday being Mother’s Day, greeting cards, flowers, candy and other gifts are flying out retailers’ doors as families prepare to recognize their moms.

I lost my mom to cancer when I was just 21, so haven’t had a mother to recognize on this special day for many, many years.  But, over the years, I have known lots of other special women who have shown love and care towards me and others in their circle of family and friends – grandmas, mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters, and girlfriends.

I think all women whether they bear children or not have a built-in motherly instinct.  Women are the caretakers of the world.  Lucky is the child who not only has a mom to care for him/her, but who may also benefit from the love and care of grandmas or aunties.  As it has been said, it takes a village to raise a child, and how wonderful for those children who experience that village.  And, how wonderful for we adults that have women in our lives still caring for us.

I spent the morning today treating myself to a walk through the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, enjoying the thousands of blooming tulips, the flowering trees and lilacs.  I found another bench to sit on in the midst of the beauty and consider all the special women I know.  Too numerous to list, but all have special gifts they offer the people in their lives – and for that matter, the world. 

So, I say Happy Mother’s Day to all women.  I hope you receive some recognition on Sunday (and, actually every day!) from your family and friends; and, I add my expression of appreciation and admiration for all you do!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!