As usual, Friday has arrived, and there are a whole host of topics we'd like to address: the failure of the anti-worker lobbies to severely weaken Nebraska's CIR, for example. Or the heavy-handed attempt by Republicans to skew Nebraska's congressional redistricting - and in the process, leave one of the U.S. military's most important assets, Offut Air Base, with Congressional representation that will not be able to properly address its concerns.
Today is Friday, however, and around here, that means we try to have a little bit more fun, and focus a little bit less on the political issues of the day.
For those of you who don't know (or you forgot), this Sunday is Mother's Day, 2011, in the United States. Other countries celebrate this holiday on other days, but we'll be sending gifts or good thoughts to our Moms, wherever they may be.
One of us actually is a Mom - so we're wishing Amy a very happy Mother's Day right now.
Most Moms are pretty incredible people, especially in today's America. For example, most American Moms have at least two jobs - the one they do for pay, and being a Mom. Some have three or four jobs right now.
These days, more than a few Moms take care of things they rarely were expected to when we were growing up. Coaching little league sports, for example, is a common thing many Moms do these days.
Our web guru Shawn uses his Mother for extra memory - but not for his computer. For example, he'll call her when he forgets the birthday of a relative - or needs to know (again) how to get a grass stain out of a new pair of shorts. [Of course, she also uses Shawn as free 24 hour computer tech support, so we suppose there's plenty of give and take there.]
Some Moms aren't really Moms at all, just mother figures to certain lucky individuals who needed a Mom and didn't have one.
Even if a person has a difficult relationship with their Mom, she at least brought that person into the world - so some credit is due there as well.
For all the things our Mothers do for us now, and have done for us in the past, we have to thank them dearly.
We hope this weekend, if you're in the U.S. - or more importantly, if your Mom is - you at least give her a call, if you haven't gotten her a nice gift. If you're financially challenged, you might do something nice for her instead - like mow her lawn or vacuum her floors.
And if your Mom has passed away, we hope you at least think of her, and thank her in spirit.
Happy Mothers Day!
