Graduation
~ A Different Kind of Mother’s Day
I sat
next to my daughter-in-law recently on hard metal stadium seats, and happily
broiled my nose in the cloud-filtered sun of San Diego’s heatwave, for my
granddaughter’s high school graduation ceremony.
During
the sweltering wait, I mused on the role of mother, while she appeared to float
between seating tiers (it could have been heat exhaustion delirium), taking care
of a dozen needs at once. When is a mother’s job done? Never …
Pretty
much sums up motherhood. And a new Penchant for Penning word that (is made up)
sums up “mommy toil/moil” – moiling!
Through
confusion and turmoil, mothers just always seem to know what to do – or fake it
well until it works out anyway. J For every major
holiday and moments of celebrations, we oversee the festivities, moiling
through the details to ensure that even if events don’t quite go as planned, a
good time is had by all. Sound familiar?
