Opinions

Every Mother’s Day, I have a terrible time finding a card that remotely reflects the relationship I have with my mother.

My mom is in her 80s now, and we have always had a good relationship, free of drama and never short of love. My mother has always been a wonderful role model. But the cards available all have paragraphs of gooey prose that in no way communicate what I want to say to my mother.

I want a card that says my mother has good habits.

Being prepared for rainy days is a dynamic some people are adept at, while others can be heard muttering, “what happened” when disaster strikes. Some will weather storms that wipe-out others.

There is a reason why some prosper while at the same time victimization thwarts the unprepared.

God, the Scriptures declare, rains on the just and the unjust. Sometimes bad things happen to good people and yet the wicked prosper in ways just as unfair.

I once laughed--to myself, of course--at resumes from bright young minds who put “able to operate a copy machine” on their list of qualifications.

At that time, operating our copier meant pushing a button, so I suppose these same job candidates were qualified to ride an elevator, find the butcher at the grocery store or sell encyclopedias door-to-door.