I think it is only fitting that my thousandth post should fall on Mothers' Day. A mother is who I am, what I'm all about, all I ever wanted to be. Oh yes, as a child I thought for a while that I wanted to be a nurse. For a time I even aspired to being a deep sea diver. Or a pilot or a dancer, or a few other things that children dream of. But I always knew I wanted to be a mother. And I thank God that I am mother to four pretty wonderful children, and grandmother of three.
My own mother was, of course, very dear to me. She managed to raise me alone, for most of my life, despite total deafness, almost no formal education, and very little money. She surrounded me with love, and I grew up almost unaware of most of the difficulties she must have
experienced.
Thanks, Mom.
