I have always thought of marriage as being the most complicated of relationships because...well, it is.
But not compared to motherhood. Because that's the thing that brings you to your knees and keeps you there.
I have been privileged in my life to have a great mom and a great mother-in-law, a sister and sister-in-law who filled in empty spaces sometimes, and mothers of friends whom I have loved.
I've been even more privileged to have kids, kids-in-law, grandkids, and friends of kids to have chances to try and fail and try again to be someone good in their lives.
I mention try and fail because I think...sometimes...I've been a pretty good mother, and other times I have just sucked at it. The list of people in the paragraph above have given credit for the former and forgiven the latter.
Parent and child relationships give birth to more emotions than I ever could have imagined, ones that go deeper, are more painful, and are more wonderful than the human imagination can encompass.
I've tried for years now, and I've never been able to accomplish a good Mother's Day column yet. This one is no exception. And it is always for the same reason.
It is because every day you love a child from the very deepest part of your heart, whether it's your child or not, is Mother's Day.
I wish you a happy day tomorrow, and a good week. Be nice to somebody.
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