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Martha Randolph Carr
Happy Mother's Day
Martha Randolph Carr 5/5/2008
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Happy Mother’s Day!

By Martha Randolph Carr

I’d like to tweak this holiday just a little. Instead of celebrating who gave birth to you, let’s celebrate the women in your life who have nurtured you. Might be the same women, might also include a few more. Take a moment to send a card this week to the woman who has cheered on every career move you’ve made but has convenient memory losses over which ideas actually worked or just how many times you’ve gone out there and tried and come home, hat in hand. Their enthusiasm is unwavering.

Or, send a card to the woman who has sat in the audience during your attempt at a poetry reading, stood on the sidelines and cheered as you ran by at your first marathon (and then moved their spot toward the end of the race and cheered just as much three hours later) or sat in the audience of your first sales pitch applauding at all the right moments. And that last one is after they already heard you practice that same pitch in their kitchen.

Pick out a good one for the woman who has edited your term papers late at night after you procrastinated for the two weeks you might have been writing and caught that typo that said the ozone layer was depleted by ‘arousal’ instead of ‘aerosol’
and didn’t even chuckle at your expense.

Spend the four bucks on the really good cards, and quit your belly-aching about made up holidays, for the woman who has insisted on having you over for dinner, made enough for five and insisted you take the leftovers when your fridge was empty and the next payday was still a few days away. Somehow, they knew but never mentioned it and made up some excuse about not knowing how to cut down that recipe.

Pick out a funny card, and not the insulting ones with the old lady, for the woman who has consistently looked thrilled to see you and always announces to the crowd your latest achievement, making it sound truly monumental. Even you were a little more impressed with yourself after hearing what she had to say.

Or the woman who drove you to a job interview and waited anxiously outside for the news because your car had a sudden flat and there was no time to fix it. There they sat, no makeup and no breakfast, because they threw something on and came running. No questions asked. And when you came out so excited, joined in and when you came out feeling defeated were able to quickly list three reasons why you didn’t want this job and three ways you could search for another one.

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Posted By: Lori  on Tuesday, May 06, 2008

FABULOUS COLUMN!!!!!!!!!  What a wonderful idea.  Martha Carr, you are brilliant.

Posted By: Tracy Nepivoda  on Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Martha,



WOW! What an article, it really touched me and has me thinking of all those freinds that nurture.



Thanks so much,



Love and light,



Tracy

Posted By: Stacey  on Friday, May 09, 2008

I love the column- great job!

Posted By: Cari  on Friday, May 09, 2008

Great idea! Will do.

Posted By: Maria Butler  on Monday, May 12, 2008

Martha, you have been that woman you talked about in your article for me.  Thanks,  Maria Butler

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