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Title: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Wretched Excess on May 10, 2008, 11:28:51 PM

to all of our CC mommies. :-)
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Miss Mia on May 10, 2008, 11:32:44 PM
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 10, 2008, 11:28:51 PM

to all of our CC mommies. :-)


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Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: morningAngel on May 10, 2008, 11:35:30 PM
Thank you  :-)
I actually have a hot date for tomorrow.  I was told that to "celebrate Happy Mother's Day we need to go out and have chinese food"
I think I am going to end up paying for both of us, and the conversation will probably center around the wild world of preschool..but nonetheless I am looking forward to "my day"
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Wretched Excess on May 10, 2008, 11:37:16 PM
Quote from: morningAngel on May 10, 2008, 11:35:30 PM
Thank you  :-)
I actually have a hot date for tomorrow.  I was told that to "celebrate Happy Mother's Day we need to go out and have chinese food"
I think I am going to end up paying for both of us, and the conversation will probably center around the wild world of preschool..but nonetheless I am looking forward to "my day"

happy mother's day, mA.  :)
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Dixie*Darling on May 10, 2008, 11:48:25 PM
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Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:04:52 AM
It is a long story, but tomorrow is the first Mother's Day I get to celebrate for myself.  My Little Angel seems to think I am more than her grandfather.  She gets lots of things confused, but I think she has this one right. 

She is suppose to go live with her dad in Oklahoma at the end of this month.  She has convinced herself I am coming with her.  After almost five years, this isn't going to be easy.  You people may have to put up with some rather dramatic bullshit from the otherwise always loveable Undies.  I don't know how I am going to cope.

I have had this child since she was about six months old.  I want her to go be with her dad.  That's the way things are suppose to be.  But I am going to die inside.  Thinking about it, I don't know what to do.  My reason to live will be gone.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: morningAngel on May 11, 2008, 12:08:36 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:04:52 AM
It is a long story, but tomorrow is the first Mother's Day I get to celebrate for myself.  My Little Angel seems to think I am more than her grandfather.  She gets lots of things confused, but I think she has this one right. 

She is suppose to go live with her dad in Oklahoma at the end of this month.  She has convinced herself I am coming with her.  After almost five years, this isn't going to be easy.  You people may have to put up with some rather dramatic bullshit from the otherwise always loveable Undies.  I don't know how I am going to cope.

I have had this child since she was about six months old.  I want her to go be with her dad.  That's the way things are suppose to be.  But I am going to die inside.  Thinking about it, I don't know what to do.  My reason to live will be gone.

That breaks my heart.  I can't imagine what it must be like. 
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Miss Mia on May 11, 2008, 12:10:28 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:04:52 AM
It is a long story, but tomorrow is the first Mother's Day I get to celebrate for myself.  My Little Angel seems to think I am more than her grandfather.  She gets lots of things confused, but I think she has this one right. 

She is suppose to go live with her dad in Oklahoma at the end of this month.  She has convinced herself I am coming with her.  After almost five years, this isn't going to be easy.  You people may have to put up with some rather dramatic bullshit from the otherwise always loveable Undies.  I don't know how I am going to cope.

I have had this child since she was about six months old.  I want her to go be with her dad.  That's the way things are suppose to be.  But I am going to die inside.  Thinking about it, I don't know what to do.  My reason to live will be gone.


Ahh, Undies it's going to be rough.  *hugs*  I can't imagine. 
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:19:33 AM
Quote from: morningAngel on May 11, 2008, 12:08:36 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:04:52 AM
It is a long story, but tomorrow is the first Mother's Day I get to celebrate for myself.  My Little Angel seems to think I am more than her grandfather.  She gets lots of things confused, but I think she has this one right. 

She is suppose to go live with her dad in Oklahoma at the end of this month.  She has convinced herself I am coming with her.  After almost five years, this isn't going to be easy.  You people may have to put up with some rather dramatic bullshit from the otherwise always loveable Undies.  I don't know how I am going to cope.

I have had this child since she was about six months old.  I want her to go be with her dad.  That's the way things are suppose to be.  But I am going to die inside.  Thinking about it, I don't know what to do.  My reason to live will be gone.

That breaks my heart.  I can't imagine what it must be like. 

God has somehow arranged for me to have a kid on my hip since I was seventeen years old. We "got" our oldest son when we were married six months.  I don't know if I am being punished or blessed.   I tend to go with blessed, but I wonder when my life without a child begins.  

I have never been closer to any child than I am to my Little Angel.  Not even my own kids, which drives thems nuts even though they are thirty or better now.  

My youngest daughter was complaining that I show favoritism to this one granddaughter over my other grandkids.  I explained to her that her kids and the others have mamas and daddies who make them special.  I am all Little Angel has to make her feel special.  My daughter cried and ask me to forgive her for the question.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))

This happy little girl....

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2430ndd.jpg)

Who's world is about to be torn apart.....or made better.

I..don't..know...where...to turn.   :bawl:
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Wretched Excess on May 11, 2008, 12:39:39 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))

This happy little girl....

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2430ndd.jpg)

Who's world is about to be torn apart.....or made better.

I..don't..know...where...to turn.   :bawl:

she is adorable, undies.  I hope you can find a way to make this right for her.

Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:53:37 AM
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 11, 2008, 12:39:39 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))

This happy little girl....



Who's world is about to be torn apart.....or made better.

I..don't..know...where...to turn.   :bawl:

she is adorable, undies.  I hope you can find a way to make this right for her.



That is part of the problem.  There is no bad guy.  Both her mom and my son love her.  They just have both known what is best for her.  My son and his wife (yes, they are still married) have been trying to find their way without each other for a few years.  They did not want to drag my Little Angel through the muck. 

Like I said, it is a l-o-n-g story.  Everyone involved is decent people.  Both of her parents call her almost every day.  I would have to bring newspaper clippings in to make you understand. 

My son and his wife are not divorced.  My daughter-in-law has been with her high school sweetheart for almost three years now.  Her new baby, Angel's half-sister, is due on the 30th.

My son's love of his life (they were elementary school sweethearts) are now together in Oklahoma.  She is married too, and headed to Divorce Court.  This is "The Guiding Light" without a script.     
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Zeus on May 11, 2008, 12:59:50 AM
Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary
By April Vitello, Associated Press
Published Sunday, May 11, 2008

GRAFTON, W.Va. — On this 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world’s most celebrated holidays probably wouldn’t be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.

Anna Jarvis would want us to give mothers a white carnation — she felt it signified the purity of a mother’s love.

Jarvis, who never married and never had children, got the Mother’s Day idea after her mother said it would be nice if someone created a memorial to mothers.

Three years after her mother died in 1905, she organized the first official mother’s day service at a church where her mother had spent more than 20 years teaching Sunday school.

Today, the former Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church is the official shrine to mothers around the world. On Sunday, the shrine will celebrate the 100th anniversary, giving each mother attending a special service a white carnation.

The shrine also serves as a “reminder to the accomplishments of these women and to the issues mothers still deal with today, trying to do the balancing act of being everything to everyone,” said Cindi Mason, the shrine’s director.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 83 million mothers in the United States. More mothers now work out of the home and the number of single-mother households has tripled to more than 10 million since 1970.

What has allowed Mother’s Day to become celebrated on the second Sunday in May in 52 countries is “everyone has a mother,” said Sally Thayer, a trustee of the International Mother’s Day Shrine in Grafton. “It’s a wonderful thing to celebrate.”

Jarvis’ devotion to and her fierce defense of Mother’s Day could be tied to the feeling that “a certain era was passing and mothers like her mother were becoming fewer,” said Laura Prieto, an associate professor of history and women’s studies at Simmons College in Boston.

By all accounts, Jarvis’ mother Ann was a community activist who worked to heal the divisions in north-central West Virginia following the Civil War, and to promote improved sanitation by creating Mothers Friendship Clubs.

“I would love to be like Mrs. Jarvis,” said Olive Dadisman, who operates the Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum in nearby Webster. “She was a soft-spoken, gentle woman, but she could convince the devil to give up his pitch fork.”

West Virginia became the first state to recognize Mother’s Day in 1910. President Woodrow Wilson approved a resolution in 1914 marking the second Sunday in May a nationwide observance.

“Mother’s Day was meant to be — and still is — a celebration of a nineteenth-century ideal of motherhood, when mothers were supposed to dedicate themselves completely to nurturing their children and making a cozy, safe home,” Prieto said.

Yet, Jarvis became increasingly disturbed as the celebration turned into an excuse to sell greeting cards, candy, flowers and other items.

Jarvis became known for scathing letters in which she would berate people who purchased greeting cards, saying they were too lazy to write personal letters “to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world.”

Before she died in 1948, she protested at a Mother’s Day celebration in New York, and was arrested for disturbing the peace.

The National Retail Federation estimates that Americans will spend $15 billion this year honoring their mothers. Dining out is expected to be the No. 1 expense.

In the end, Mason said Jarvis was bitter about what the observance had become and “wished she would have never started the day because it became so out of control ...”

“But when you look at Mother’s Day as being her baby of sorts, you can understand her protectiveness of it.”


Title: Happy Mother's Day
Post by: RobJohnson on May 11, 2008, 09:40:53 AM
To Mom's everywhere....have a great day.

Did you do anything special today? Have plans for later? What did you get mom? What did you get your wife?




Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: jendf on May 11, 2008, 10:38:08 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))

This happy little girl....

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2430ndd.jpg)

Who's world is about to be torn apart.....or made better.

I..don't..know...where...to turn.   :bawl:

She is a little angel. So sorry to hear about your pain, Undies. Hope everything works out for you and for her.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Chris_ on May 11, 2008, 09:39:28 PM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))

This happy little girl....

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2430ndd.jpg)

Who's world is about to be torn apart.....or made better.

I..don't..know...where...to turn.   :bawl:

My heart breaks for you. Take care and enjoy your precious moments together.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Zeus on May 11, 2008, 09:49:03 PM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWJTKc2-SWU[/youtube]..
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: rich_t on May 11, 2008, 10:12:23 PM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:36:55 AM
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 11, 2008, 12:26:35 AM
My heart is breaking for you ... I'm so sorry Undies.  You'll (and Little Angel) be in my thoughts and prayers.  (((hugz)))

This happy little girl....

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2430ndd.jpg)

Who's world is about to be torn apart.....or made better.

I..don't..know...where...to turn.   :bawl:

She is an absolute doll Undies.  I hope she will be happy and that you will find a way to ease the pain that her moving is obviously going to cause you.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day
Post by: VivisMom on May 12, 2008, 07:53:45 AM
Quote from: RobJohnson on May 11, 2008, 09:40:53 AM
To Mom's everywhere....have a great day.

Did you do anything special today? Have plans for later? What did you get mom? What did you get your wife?






My husband took me out to lunch while my in-laws watched the baby. It was nice.

This was my first mother's day without my mom, so I was pretty sad. When the weather clears up, I bought her a bottle of her favorite wine to leave at her grave.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: BEG on May 12, 2008, 08:46:58 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:04:52 AM
It is a long story, but tomorrow is the first Mother's Day I get to celebrate for myself.  My Little Angel seems to think I am more than her grandfather.  She gets lots of things confused, but I think she has this one right. 

She is suppose to go live with her dad in Oklahoma at the end of this month.  She has convinced herself I am coming with her.  After almost five years, this isn't going to be easy.  You people may have to put up with some rather dramatic bullshit from the otherwise always loveable Undies.  I don't know how I am going to cope.

I have had this child since she was about six months old.  I want her to go be with her dad.  That's the way things are suppose to be.  But I am going to die inside.  Thinking about it, I don't know what to do.  My reason to live will be gone.


I'm so sorry Undies.   :bawl:
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: Chris_ on May 12, 2008, 08:55:03 AM
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 11, 2008, 12:04:52 AM
It is a long story, but tomorrow is the first Mother's Day I get to celebrate for myself.  My Little Angel seems to think I am more than her grandfather.  She gets lots of things confused, but I think she has this one right. 

She is suppose to go live with her dad in Oklahoma at the end of this month.  She has convinced herself I am coming with her.  After almost five years, this isn't going to be easy.  You people may have to put up with some rather dramatic bullshit from the otherwise always loveable Undies.  I don't know how I am going to cope.

I have had this child since she was about six months old.  I want her to go be with her dad.  That's the way things are suppose to be.  But I am going to die inside.  Thinking about it, I don't know what to do.  My reason to live will be gone.


Sir if there is anything we can do to help, even as an ear to bend or a shoulder, I am sure I speak for the entire board when I say we are here for you.
Title: Re: Happy Mother's Day!
Post by: DixieBelle on May 12, 2008, 08:55:40 AM
Oh, Uncle Undies, I am truly sorry for the heartbreak. Our family has a similar story. The details aren't really important right now. Suffice it to say that I watched my mother struggle with letting my nephew go. He had lived with my mom and stepdad from the age of 3 until the age of 12. It's been over a year since he's gone to live with his mother. It's been hard but they have managed.

I honestly cannot imagine what this is doing to you. Please know that distance doesn't change what is in your heart or that baby's heart and mind. No matter what the future holds, you two have the past and she's got all of those days she spent with you in her mind. You will get through this.