I don't have a mom and was a single mother for such a long time that I pretty much talked myself into mother's day as being nothing more nor less than a Hallmark holiday designed to give corporate coffers a boost. Cynical, huh?!

My kids say "I love you" to me all the time and I get plenty of hugs. My adult kids both thank me and chastise me for my parenting skills, and my kids still at home appreciate me and abhor me on a daily basis I don't think my kids will ever need tv commercials to remind them to let me know they remember me. I don't need diamonds or flowers or dinner out or mandated phone calls.

But.... as Blu Mongoose said, I wouldn't turn down a snake!!