*** Happy Mothers Day To All You DU Mothers...! ***

Vintage Art Nouveau-Influenced Mothers Day Card

We all know how hard your job and is and how much you contribute here. Thanks for all the TRUE family values.

In recognition, as well, to the mothers at the White House tonight and to Code Pink:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2283014

Mother's Day in the U.S., as many here know, was conceived by social activist Julia Ward Howe as a way to unite women against war following the Civil War. She is the author of the Mother's Day Proclamation of 1870:



Here is a Mothers Day gallery in your honor:



MARY CASSATT "Mother and Child" c. 1900



SALLY MANN "The New Mothers" 1989



FAITH RINGGOLD "Dancing at the Louvre" 1991



JULIA MARGARET CAMERON "Mother and Child" c. 1860s

And I have many.

Thank you.

Happy Mother's Day to you (pssst... it's also my son's 7th birthday).

:7

Is that a photo of his dad in your signature line? :P (just kidding!)

Cute - and I don't wish that he was because then my son wouldn't be who he is... but the thought to have one with him hasn't NOT crossed my mind. Heh! :7

it is also special for me, it was my given up for adoption son's bday on friday(he turned 23), as well as a special day from my 'raised' kids...im excited to see what they have in store for me!! i caught them whispering...so who knows!

My hubby and I, for Mom's Day, will be feeding the homeless men and women in Central Park, Bakersfield, California. We're serving cheese enchiladas, buttered bread and chocolate chip cookies. We are part of a larger group called "Food Not Bombs", which chooses to serve veggie dishes. There should be several others there who will add rice, soup, salad and other yummy delights.

We hope to be feeding the unemployed Repugs in the park soon : )

Maybe enchiladas aren't "Murikun" enough for them, even if they will be out of work and homeless shortly.

:patriot:

Happy Mothers day to all you DU Moms . If we had listened to you we would never had ended up in a mess like this.

My son sent me the same proclamation the other day, and asked me to send it to Cindy.

:hi:

It's nice to get some props!

If my Mom were just a few years younger and could see a computer screen(she's 77 and diabetic),
she'd be right here telling us young uns to give the pukes hell. I gave her an
honorary DU username-MadBamaMartha. She loves it!

Every time we talk(twice weekly), she asks what's happening in "that Democratic computer site".
If only her generation had had this wonerful technology-:sigh:

Happy Mothers Day to all DU Moms-and to a DU Mom a generation too late.

and proud daughter of a liberal mother. :hug:

from a mother of three, all liberal I'm proud to say.

That's what my daughter calls me (she's 25) and I miss her. So here's to mamas -



Hissy, you are a jewel as always - :loveya:

Hope things are well up Aurora Borealis way.

And I bid Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers and those who have taken on the role of a mother-- God bless you all. May I also say that my heart goes out to all of those who have lost their moms, days like this are usually a reminder of what you have lost and I hope good memories flood your mind and make it a good day for you.

We're having sort of a rolling Mother's Day weekend doing various things -- Friday my husband drove me amost a hundred miles to visit the Nomadic Museum, a mystical/meditative/animal-human themed exhibit that leaves for Italy on Sunday (the artist/photographer G. Colbert was featured in last month's Smithsonian magazine). Saturday was with family, celebrating my MIL's 93rd b'day. I hope to make it to Arlington West on Sunday (probably should go to bed soon, then!), where there will be speakers and a reading of the original Mother's Day Proclamation calling us to activism.

My grown kids are elsewhere, but I'm proud to say I raised two liberals.

Love the gallery you included -- especially love Faith Ringgold's quilt. Years ago I worked in an office next to UCSB's small art museum/gallery, and at one point they had an exhibit of many of her quilted art pieces. I went nuts for them and spent quite a few lunch hours reading the stories along their hems. What a great artist.

Have a nice day, yourself.

Hekate

I saw a bit on the Colbert exhibit on CNN or somewhere, so I know of what you speak.

Here's my sweetie, Ava, age 3. Her Mother's Day card (with her teacher's assistance) read: "My Mom is special because she helps me find my blanket".

:7

You just never know what your child will end up doing
for a living, but at least you can make sure that you raise
a thoughtful, caring human being.

My only child was a ballerina until she realized that she
didn't have the killer instinct to walk all over her peers.

Now, she's a professional movie makeup artist, and she does this: