<p>To all my fellow CC moms and dads who are moms, I would like to wish you a very Happy Mother's Day.</p>
<p>Yesterday I received my first Mother's Day card in the mail. It's the first Mother's Day I will have without my twins at home. Needless to say, I will cherish this card forever. I was tickled beyond comprehension that a) they remembered, b) they mailed it on time, and c) they wrote such perfect messages to me. ;)</p>
<p>So what I would like to say to all of you is, please enjoy this day....bask in it!! As our children grow up way too fast. Quite candidly I think I took Mother's Day for granted...it was just another day on the calendar...a day capitalized on by greeting card companies. However, now that my sons are growing older and seeing what fine men they are becoming, this day is certainly one of reflection and gratitude.</p>
<p>I remember all the stage productions we worked on together: costume preparation, scenic painting, makeup designs, and fund raisers. Trying to help 8 year old twins learn a watered down tap dance in the middle of our gargage on a sweltering humid July day. Watching all the Little League games and fingers crossed for that game winning run. Comforting a son with a broken heart, who the coach didn't play because he felt DS didn't have enough "muscle tone"...the memories, both good and bad (thankfully more good than bad), are endless...and needless to say, priceless.</p>
<p>SO all you CC moms, I wish you one of the best Mother's Days. Enjoy, because you have done a great job!!</p>
<p>Sue, that is a beautiful post. I also want to wish the best to my fellow moms on this forum. You are a bunch of dedicated moms, for sure! </p>
<p>This is my first Mother's Day without one of my kids at home as well. I am going to go now and open the letter she sent to me that I saved to open today. </p>
<p>Thanks Sue for sharing that lovely message!
Susan</p>
<p>Well said ladies!! I always tell people that being a Mom is the hardest job I've ever had (and I've had plenty!) and easily the most rewarding. I've been sitting in my den this morning with my husband and my D (home already from UM and with a month before she heads off to St Louis for her summerstock adventure at The Muny) just talking about "stuff". My S is in England doing a semester abroad but we'll talk later today. It's times like these that I just pinch myself and feel like the luckiest person on earth.</p>
<p>I particularly want to wish all the fellow CC MT thread moms (and dads too of course) a happy Mother's Day - we all know what we do to support our wonderful, talented kids in this "field of endeavor" - a pat on the back to us all! I'm glad to be in your company.</p>
<p>Happy Mother's Day to you all, too! Sue, your post made me tear up. It's my second without my son home (he's 20), but guess what? he gave his shift at work to someone else and is driving home to spend the night! And my MT D gave me chocolate covered strawberries and flowers last night and plans to get up to make me French toast (I'm up before her ;)). And I still have one more with her home next year! What a good day!!</p>
<p>Ditto to all - Happy Mother's Day! We are blessed with wonderful and talented children. I always feel so lucky and thankful on this day. (Even though I was up at 5:30, cleaning and cooking so everyone can come to my house so I can serve their favorite foods and give them the opportunity to honor me!!!) I say with a smile, because this is part of what we love about being mothers....knowing that at the end of the day they will ALWAYS say "I love you, Mom" first when they are on television!!</p>
<p>Happy Mother's Day from me, too, to all the CC moms! You show day in and day out on these boards the infinite ways in which motherhood is so fabulous, frustrating, heart-lifting, heartbreaking -- "the hardest job you'll ever love." And CC kids -- thanks to you for being so great. Your moms bask in who you are. Kids like you are the finest gifts any of us could ask for.</p>
<p>As with the rest of you whose kids are graduating HS, this is a poignant Mother's Day. (And I have only one child! Ack! Tears drip on keyboard!) This evening my H and D are taking me to hear Barbara Cook -- the original "Marian the Librarian," who is said to sing as marvelously as ever at age 77. Of course, I was the one who went online to order the tickets. Ah, momhood!</p>
<p>I hope everyone has a wonderful Mom's Day today! I am one of the lucky ones because I will have both my boys with me today as well as my mom and my husband's mom.</p>
<p>To Thebohemian-If you choose someday to be in the Mommy "ranks" you will be a welcome addition! Just don't make it there too soon. ;)</p>
<p>On this Mother's day I am filled with strong emotions, having sent my younger off to Utah for her four month theatre gig yesterday. We celebrated on the night before when we could all be together. Next to leave the nest for a more extended period will be my older D, who graduates from college next week and is moving to France for a job. During our reverie Friday night we all realized that it was likely the last time we would all be together in one place for a long while. So although I am feeling that tug on the heartstrings from knowing a certain era is past, I am also joyful in the realization that my most important "mother job" is partially accomplished - having two confident and capable daughters ready to test their wings in the world. It is truly a day to reflect and bask in all the good stuff that has come about from being a mom.</p>