Recently, I felt a strong urge to do some spring cleaning and decided to start with my antique chest of drawers that holds many memories of years past. As I sorted through old menus, wedding clippings, obituaries and the like, my hand touched a colorful crayoned drawing by one of my children, emblazoned with the letters "Mother’s Day" in between red hearts that encircled stick figures of our family. I sat there remembering the love that poured into each and every Mother’s Day card and one particular Mother’s Day when I was served breakfast in bed on a tray that held a slice of burnt toast, an undercooked egg and, above all, two Indian-head pennies from my child’s treasured collection. It truly was a gift of love that came from the heart.
Mothers contain a bundle of emotions that defy all reason: mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes; mothers who have tears running down their cheeks when they hold their babies for the first time; and mothers who have heartaches as they watch their son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school for the first time. Not to mention there are those mothers who keep awake all night with sick toddlers in their arms, constantly uttering those compassionate words, "It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here." My congratulations go out to all LCG resident mothers as we wish you a very happy Mother’s Day from our entire Glen Tidings Staff.