Signs of the Times

Hopefully, everyone enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  The weather here in California was lovely, and my own mother, back on the East Coast, had no complaints as she was able to resume some garden planting and savor the return of spring (it grows pretty cold where I grew up). Hopefully, also, she enjoyed the tulips which arrived on her doorstep, as is our tradition.

The Day itself may have passed, but I'd like to think that we celebrate and appreciate our mothers, and all of our loved ones, year-round.  Whenever Mother's Day, or Father's Day, or even Thanksgiving rolls around, I'm reminded of Virginia Woolf, who once coined, "That great Cathedral space which was childhood." It takes a great many people to nurture that space, beginning with our mothers. 

On that note, Happy (albeit belated) Mother's Day.