Giving Recognition to a Group that Deserves More

Mothers Day and Mother Ocean....

I tried googling the origin of the "Mother Ocean" title and came up with nothing. I know there must be a first time used some where out there in cyber land. I mean, we all know the term "Mother Ocean" as we all know "Mother Nature" or "Mother Earth". I was just curious as to where that came from.

With this being Mothers Day and all, I wanted to know.

One thing's for certain, Mother Ocean has not changed much since I was first introduced to her. And that would be true with
all of you. She looks the same. She acts the same. She is for all intents and purposes, ageless. She is a timeless beauty.

[Photo 4] Case in point. The photo below was taken in 1986.

How do I know? I took the photo. At the Wall. I was using a
NIKONIS and I have at least a dozen or so more similar empty waves pics from this session.

[Photo 5] This photo was taken recently.

Can you tell which wave is older? Because I can't and I took
both photos. So, I think we can all clearly agree, that Mother Ocean has not aged a single day since the first wave spawned from the ocean deep and expired on some distant shore.
She still looks great to me.

Happy Mothers Day Mother Ocean. We all love you.

I was thinking all this week of how truly amazing Mothers are.
I mean they do so much work day in and day out, and get little recognition. This one day a year? Not enough in my mind. I know most of you truly appreciate your mothers and love them to death. I was just thinking of how hard it is to be a mom. I mean it's a full time job and then some.

My poor mother had six kids plus my father to feed and take care of. No wonder things got a little testy at times in my home. Eight people living in one small Ranch, with one full bath? Hello? That's trouble in any world. Yet somehow we all managed. We all went off to school, and my dad went off to work each day. And my mom took on other jobs to help supplement the family income.

But it had to have been hard. Good lord how could it not be?

[Photo 2] The photo below really struck me the other day. My father took it. It's a photo of me at Logan Airport leaving for Vietnam. That's my little brother David standing next to my mother. I was thinking, this might have been the last time my parents ever saw me alive. Think about that scenario for a moment.

My poor Mother and father saying goodbye and not knowing if the next time they saw me, I would either be in a box, or standing upright. Turns out it was somewhere in between.
Because, I was never the same again

Mothers have gone through a lot for us. And they still do.

[Photo 3] My sister sent me this photo this week. It is a photo of my late grandmother, my late uncle, and my late father. I had never seen it before. I guess my cousin sent it to my sister, who then sent it out to all of us siblings. It's a funny feeling, seeing
an old photo like this for the first time of loved ones who have been gone from this earth for quite sometime.

My dad's tie seems to be in his food. Man they all look so healthy and happy. My grandmother could barely speak English. But boy could that woman ever cook. She was something else again in that kitchen. Took many a recipe with her to the grave. Noni,  you were the best.

I hope all of your sons are with you today. All four of them.

[Photo 1] This woman is my late mother Eva.

When my grandmother passed away, my mother became the new Matriarch, and the new head chef in the kitchen. Though she too took many a recipe to the grave with her. I know what they were thinking. If they were to hold onto those wonderful recipes, it would keep us all coming back for the holidays.
I have to say, it worked.

Happy Mothers Day Mom. I miss you. We all miss you.

I do know that my three children are very lucky to have the mom they have. She has been the best mom for the last 23 years. I mean the best. She has been there with them all every step of the way. I know how much they love her and appreciate what she has done for them.

Now if they could just pick up after themselves and put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, things would be even better.

Now for Some Of My Weekly Global Observances:

I am not going to give much time to the horror story about the devil who kidnapped those three young girls and abused them for over 10 years. I will say this though. Why should we waste a single tax dollar on this demon? I mean really? Who among us thinks he should be given a fair trial? Fair? What does fair have to do with this low life ?

What was fair about what he did to those young girls?

This is a time for swift and violent justice. No lawyers. No trial. No insanity pleas. Just do away with him. Right Now! With complete and total conviction. Just do it.