Mother's Day

Sunday May 8th is Mother's Day. When we were growing up and going to church on Mother's Day Sunday they gave out carnations - a pink one if your mother was living - or a white one if your mother was deceased. For the most part white carnations were worn primarily by adults but on the rare occasion that you might see a child wearing "white" it always made one appreciate your own mother. In 1914 Howard Johnson wrote the following lyric:
M is for the million things she gave me -
O means only that she's growing old -
T is for the tears she shed to save me -
H is for her heart of purist gold -
E is for her eyes with love-light shining -
R means right and right she'll always be -
Put them all together they spell -M-O-T-H-E-R
A word that means the world to me.

If your mother is living, cherish her - if she has passed on, cherish her memory. And have a happy Mother's Day. I'll be wearing a white carnation.
tjs
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