Belated Happy Mother's Day

I kept trying to post this yesterday, but Blogger and I were not getting along (I think it was Blogger's time of the month (cough))...

And to follow up this (belated) thought, I strongly encourage you to reach the General's posting of Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Proclamation for Mother's Day that started the holiday. It's beautiful, it's apt, and it tells you WHY Mother's Day exists (and not to sell syrupy cards and boxes of candy).