# Today is Mother's Day **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150 "2013-05-12T14:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/21 "2013-05-12T17:53:43Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Since my mom is pretty much gone these days, I don’t think I’ll get her anything for Mother’s Day. Sad. ☹ I’m sorry for your loss. I hope you were able to enjoy her while she was here. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/22 "2013-05-12T18:12:57Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I’m sorry for your loss. I hope you were able to enjoy her while she was here. She isn’t dead. She just moved away. But thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/23 "2013-05-12T18:19:54Z")
I specifically told both my daughters to NOT get me anything for this Hallmark Holiday. As I told them, their existence is the best present I could hope for. They complied. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/24 "2013-05-12T18:53:54Z")
My mom died 15 years ago. I miss her so, so much. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/25 "2013-05-13T07:48:48Z")
My daughter made me breakfast. She cooked scrambled eggs for the first time, and served them with toast, ketchup, sliced bananas, and orange juice. She also made me a card and a little book with drawings of me doing everyday things. Later we went to my sister’s place to eat lasagna, play with my young nephews and nieces and get drooled on by my sister’s dogs. I brought the urn with Mom’s ashes in it, just to feel like she was there with us. It was a much better Mother’s Day for me than last year. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/26 "2013-05-13T11:15:30Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Allow me to share the essay my eight year old daughter wrote about me and presented to me this morning: > > Mother > > I love my mother when she hugs me. Mother gets mad when I go around the pool when she’s not around. I know she’s mad when she sees dog poop. Mom mom likes to go to Chinese buffet. She is 43 years old. My mom works hard when she cooks. My mom is like a tiger. My mom hates to stay at red lights for 2 hours. my mom is best at cooking. > > I love my mother! > > Happy Mother’s Day! Well, I know at least one mother who wears her emotions on her sleeve! That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/27 "2013-05-13T14:57:41Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Well, I know at least one mother who wears her emotions on her sleeve! That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing. I just keep thinking about it being on display for everyone to read at school! It would only have been more perfect if she’d called me a cougar, not a tiger. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/28 "2013-05-13T16:38:21Z")
Yesterday my husband gave me a couple of small things that I’d mentioned I wanted and my 18 month old daughter drew me a picture. She then ate part of it while I was picking up her crayons. It was an awesome Mother’s Day! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150/29 "2013-05-13T17:56:52Z")
I called my mother yesterday and told her (finally) that I had a girlfriend, and the two of them chatted for a bit. Mother was quite pleased that I had found someone. She thought it was a great gift that her son was happy. I really should call her more often. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150.md?page=1)