Relative Something

On this day of recognizing our mothers, my siblings and I do so by honoring the memory of our mother, Betty Hays. She was the main-mast of our family ship. She did the role of mom with humble, matter-of-fact mastery. I’m pretty sure that she liked me best, but she was very good at letting us each believe that about our standing, revealed in our ongoing ribbing to claim the title outright, publicly, even though she is no longer with us.

Just like so many others will on this day, I claim that my mother is the best mother of all! And the blessing is, we will all be right!

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms out there today, and to all those lucky souls who love them.

Exhibit A; Submited by my sister, Mary.