Happy Mother’s Day!
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of my traditional Mother’s Day post. It was written while my mother was still alive.]
Okay, who are these three dark beauties?
A hint: one of them is one of the very first pictures you’ve ever seen on this blog of neo, sans apple. Not that you’d recognize me, of course. Even my own mother might not recognize me from this photo.
My own mother, you say? Of course she would. Ah, but she’s here too, looking a bit different than she does today—Mother’s Day—at ninety-eight years of age. Just a bit; maybe her own mother wouldn’t recognize her, either.
Her own mother? She’s the one who’s all dressed up, with longer hair than the rest of us.
The photo of my grandmother was taken in the 1880’s; the one of my mother in the teens of the twentieth century; and the one of me, of course, in the 1950s.
Heredity, ain’t it great? My mother and grandmother are both sitting for formal portraits at a professional photographer’s studio, but by the time I came around amateur snapshots were easy to take with a smallish Brownie camera. My mother is sitting on the knee of her own grandfather, my grandmother’s father, a dapper gentleman who was always very well-turned out. I’m next to my older brother, who’s reading a book to me but is cropped out of this photo. My grandmother sits alone in all her finery.
We all not only resemble each other greatly in our features and coloring, but in our solemnity. My mother’s and grandmother’s seriousness is probably explained by the strange and formal setting; mine is due to my concentration on the book, which was Peter Pan (my brother was only pretending to read it, since he couldn’t read yet, but I didn’t know that at the time). My mother’s resemblance to me is enhanced by our similar hairdos (or lack thereof), although hers was short because it hadn’t really grown in yet, and mine was short because she purposely kept it that way (easier to deal with).
My grandmother not only has the pretty ruffled dress and the long flowing locks, but if you look really closely you can see a tiny earring dangling from her earlobe. When I was young, she showed me her baby earrings; several miniature, delicate pairs. It astounded me that they’d actually pierced a baby’s ears (and that my grandmother had let the holes close up later on, and couldn’t wear pierced earrings any more), whereas I had to fight for the right to have mine done in my early teens.
I’m not sure what my mother’s wearing; some sort of baby smock. But I know what I have on: my brother’s hand-me-down pajamas, and I was none too happy about it, of that you can be sure.
So, a very happy Mother’s Day to you all! What would mothers be without babies…and mothers…and babies….and mothers….?
What sort of bouquet did your daughter-in-law pick out for your son to FTD?
Timeless and Classic – MOTHERS DAY JOB INTERVIEW (Video)
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2025/05/timeless-and-classic-mothers-day-job.html
Happy mother’s day to you Neo, I hope you get to visit with your son, or in the near future at the very least. Sometimes plans fall through for reasons beyond our control. I hope yours didn’t. You, your mother, and grandmother have the look of fraternal twins.
Mother’s day is particularly special to my family because it’s my son’s birthday as well. I hope as he grows up that he demonstrates more grattitude than the average child nowadays does for their mother.
Cheers to everyone else as well.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers on here.
My mother passed away in1986. I miss her and all that she meant to my brothers and me. She was a woman of great energy and an optimistic outlook. She started her own hair salon at eighteen and kept at it for 40 years. She built a commercial building on the site of her salon and lived on the rents from that building in retirement.
I love you, Mom. RIP.
A good looking family! Happy Mother’s day to Neo and all the other moms here!
My oldest became a mother just a few days before Mother’s Day!
Makes me a first time grandfather.
We’re all pretty stoked!
Happy Mother’s Day to all office-holders! And congratulations* to John Guilfoyle’s people!
* (see Open Thread)
A nearby HEB has a checkout clerk who always has something to say. A thirty-something woman was purchasing three bottles of wine. The clerk’s question: “So you don’t believe in a dry Mother’s Day?”
Got a laugh out of me and the wine-purchasing mother. She had five children, which might drive anyone to drink. 🙂
Happy Mothers day
Visited my parents, my mom still is making quilts, 2 a month she told me with pictures to show for it.
I am happy to announce that Edan Alexander, an American citizen who has been held hostage since October 2023, is coming home to his family. I am grateful to all those involved in making this monumental news happen. This was a step taken in good faith towards the United States and the efforts of the mediators — Qatar and Egypt — to put an end to this very brutal war and return ALL living hostages and remains to their loved ones. Hopefully this is the first of those final steps necessary to end this brutal conflict. I look very much forward to that day of celebration!
–Donald Trump
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114491594957458207
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The Alexander family posted:
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Today, on Mother’s Day, we received the greatest gift imaginable—news that our beautiful son Edan is returning home after 583 days in captivity in Gaza….
We express our deepest gratitude to President Trump, Steve Witkoff, and the US administration for their tireless work to make this happen.
We urge the Israeli government and the negotiating teams: please don’t stop. We hope our son’s release begins negotiations for all 58 remaining hostages, ending this nightmare for them and their families. No hostage should be left behind.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/11/hamas-hostage-edan-alexander-is-coming-home-n4939687
Huxley, re: return of hostage Ethan.
I had heard his release may come soon, but find myself still holding my breath. Of course.
God save him! And let him be returned in decent, saveable health!
Physical and mental health!
Marlene:
Me too.
I so much want this nightmare to be over for everyone.
I’m sure the release of this American is about Trump’s pressure on Iran over their nuke program.
Which I suspect means that prying the rest of the hostages loose is not going to get easier.