Mothering is what I do. And also eating.

Happy Day of the Mom. We celebrated all weekend.

After our daily lacrosse involvement, yesterday, we squeezed in 30 minutes of evening church. It was quite brilliant, really. We went for the singing part, and then we left. We skipped the sermon entirely.

We went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, where I ate a mere 1/2 of my entree, and still had no room for dessert.
This has nothing to do with having some virtuous lady-like appetite.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am capable of consuming a mastodon, with a loaf of sourdough, and then going back for seconds.
The simple fact of the matter, is that the meal was enormous.

Today we slept in, since we attended church last night. On account of we are so holy as to make weekly attendance a priority.
Then it was off to Mother's where we celebrated by watching her do all the work. That is what Mothers do. She made a fabulous lunch, where I over-ate again. What diet? I was trying to calculate how many redeeming hours I'll need on the treadmill. The math was too difficult, since all life force was diverted to my digestive processes. But I'll bet it's a lot. Being beautiful is such a burden.

But, we were talking about Mothers Day.

I think that being a mom is really wonderful/heartbreaking/frustrating/hard-work/glorious. That is what I think.
I know gals who want to, and can't;
gals who don't plan on it, but do;
Dads who do it despite gender, simply out of necessity;
and all sorts of other mom-types.
I've seen some that shouldn't be allowed the responsibility,
and others who do it with tremendous finesse.
There's quite a lot of variety in the mom department.

Personally, I love it.

It's rather an underpaid position, though. Which seems a shame.
With adequate compensation, the good moms could afford to be better, and the not-so-good might be motivated to earn a raise, by improving their skills. We could even have benefits. A 401k program, life and health, maybe even dental. Legislate that, Obama. Oh, dear. I shouldn't really be encouraging him, now, should I?

Wow! Who is long-winded tonight?
This is a Mother of a post, eh? Get it? Mother....of a post...? See, I'm funny too. All that goodness, and I don't even charge extra.