Because all the cool kids are doing it, I wanted to briefly raise a glass (okay, coffee mug) to some of the MOMs I know.
If you did not make the list, it is probably only because I do not have a photo of you…please know how much respect I have for you and the sacrifices you have made to raise those biohazardous containers of goo more commonly described as children.
- My great grandmother (second from left) holds down the fort with her brood: (l to r) Fran, Dorothy, John, Lee. The youngest, Lee, left us last year to end that generation.
- My best man and good friend Voula, who cradles her infant in perhaps the sweetest photo I have ever taken
- The bread of my brother Scott’s life are our mom, Jan, and his lovely wife Jenn, mother to 3 amazing children of infinite energy
- Leela (laft) clowns around with our friend Piper, a woman of indomitable spirit and amazing mom to Ash.
- Brother Scott and I (yes, that’s what I used to look like) flank our great grandmother Ruby
- Nat and her husband John try to convince Aidan that the dog will not eat him…Aidan is now a giant
- My cousin Sue, just a few years ago, not even thinking of the karmic retribution about to fall on her head in the form of two beautiful daughters
- My brother Scott with our beloved grandmother Dorothy (above) and our mom Jan (below)