"Happy Mother's Day" is actually a very weak understatement for the Woman who bore us and gave us life. Father contributed ONE sperm and felt good doing it. Meanwhile, consider what your Mother had to endure: 1/

- years of menstruation and everything that entailed: acquiring feminine hygiene products, multiple days of bleeding from an orifice, cramps, and a hormonal merry-go-round
- years of leg and armpit shaving
- years of brassieres and the expense and discomfort they cause 2/

- years of fighting off the hard-legs who were only looking for a good time
- years of being a second-class citizen because of their sex, having to settle for lesser wages for equal work
- then the rigors of pregnancy, with all that it entails 3/

- and then the birthing process, which has been described to me as either "grabbing your bottom lip and pulling it over your head" or "sh!tting a watermelon".
- and that's only the beginning. Now comes years of breast feeding and its issues, dirty diapers, and baby vomit 4/

Mothers are made of iron and fire. Men only ***think*** they're tough.
I miss my Mother dearly, and wish that I could have one more day with her to express the gratitude that I now feel for all that she went through for me. 5/

In conclusion, a card or phone call just doesn't cut it. And if the best you could do was a text, I don't think we can be friends.