Mother's day is a special day of the year for me. It is that week in May when everything is in full bloom, birds chirping and a day when mom doesn't have too cook!

I love my mom very much, and I also look at mother's day as a time of reflection, one where I look back on the times I have disappointed her so much. It is the things we men do growing up, trying to show our independence and desire to "fly out of the nest". But in doing so, we forget that mothers will always see us as their sons, no matter what. 

I have done things through the years that have disappointed mom and even today continue to do so directly or indirectly. What we a men have to do is stop doing that. We have to recognize that mothers carried us in their wombs for nine months and that turns out to be a lifetime bond. 

The older I become the more I'm determined not to disappoint my mother anymore. Out of all the gifts a mother can receive on her special day, that one gift is greatest of all.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL!

Photo:

Edna Jenkins

Easter Sunday

Hampton Park

Charleston, SC

ca. 1967