Some of the notes you’ve sent about this week’s blog/podcast are simply stunning. Here’s another:
Dick, wanted to tell you how very much I enjoyed your treatise on being a Mom. I’m not one of those lucky enough to be blessed with any of my own. I raised my ex’ son from the age of 6 till he was out on his own in his mid 20’s. Unfortunately, when his Dad and I split up, he wrote me off and out of his life. It was a very sad day for me — but – I only know one way to be, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
When I met my husband, he was a widower with 3 girls and 3 boys, all in their late teens to 20’s. I’m blessed, because, with the exception of one of them, we have all “adopted” one another. They send me Mother’s Day cards and call me all the time. My middle stepdaughter, Amy, is like the daughter I could have had. We’re exceptionally close, and my husband carps (although he really loves it) that she calls all the time to speak to me, not him!!!
I have saved the cards she’s sent me through the years (Bill and I have been together for 16 years and married for 11), one really hit the mark.
It says:
“Mother’s Day is a thank-you to every woman who has ever hugged a baby, kissed a boo-boo, taught a lesson, listened closely, cared deeply….and passed on her love and wisdom to someone in the world who needed her. Happy Mother’s Day”
Amy added: “You don’t have to have had a child to be someone’s mom. This gift of Love is so much stronger. Thanks for all that you do and for many years of being there like a mom would be.”
I’m SO blessed, so lucky.
Carol