Mother's Day

This Mother's Day was pretty nice (if expensive).

I got my mom something she'd wanted for a while, but probably wouldn't get for herself, and an uncle and I took five or six moms out to dinner. It was a nice outing and I was especially glad it included one of the younger mothers in the family. Otherwise, I doubt she would've received any Mother's Day acknowledgment.

The only downside, really, was the fact that we couldn't do that for more family members. One doesn't want to have to pick and choose between family members, but we couldn't afford to take everyone. (I chose based on those who were around at the time we began finalizing the plan.)

It's a special day for mothers, so I hate the idea that there are mothers out there who didn't feel special - maybe because no one acknowledged them on that day or maybe because they spent the day worrying about or dealing with approaching forest fires in California, Georgia, or Florida.*




* - In our case, the closest fires are about 300 miles, away, from most of my family, but we could still smell it. At first, I thought someone left the oven on. Then I thought someone was burning leaves (which is a smell I associate with Pensacola). Eventually, I realized it was the forest fire(s)... which have resulted in a smoky haze in and around Tallahassee (100 miles away).