Mother's Dream

All mothers are working mothers. The comic Phillis Diller once said, “It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely.” Then she added, “But the desire to beget children is a natural urge.” She was right, of course. The novelist Peter De Vries observed, “A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.” Comedian Groucho Marx said “My mother loved children. She’d have given anything if I had been one.” But I think my favorite quote about mothers comes from Mark Twain. It essentially sums up my own experience, both with my children and with my own mother: “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” Happy Mother’s Day!