Matter occupies space, and I know—I guess I always have—that I can only have space for the things that matter.
- Marla Miniano, from From This Day Forward (via the-final-sentence)
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At this year’s Webby Awards, our founder had the pleasure of giving the Lifetime Achievement Award to GIF inventor and legend, Steve Wilhite. Amanda also had the pleasure of accepting awards for Best Community (yes you are), Best User Experience, and Best Tablet App!
Thank you!!
Happy Children’s Book Week! And after you’re done reading with your children, print this!
- Marla Miniano, from From This Day Forward (via the-final-sentence)
- Robert Graves, from “In Broken Images” (via the-final-sentence)
To all Sons and Daughters on Mother’s Day,
So it’s Mother’s Day once again.
Tell your mothers you love them, while they can still hear you.
Take them to the movies, where they can still laugh at the punchlines with you.
Call them often, when you no longer live with them and it’s impossible to visit regularly.
Cook for them. Clean for them. Sing with them. Dance with them.
Care for them when they are helpless and ravaged by time or disease. Understand their mood swings, their frustrations, their heartaches, their arthritis, their forgetfulness.
Greet them “Happy Mother’s Day” and really, really mean it.
I’ve done all that—maybe more. But it feels like it’s not enough, and her passing just fills me with what-ifs and I-should-haves.
WHAT MORE IF I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING? SAY ANYTHING?
So, sons and daughters, do what you can for your mothers NOW. Don’t let Mother’s Day be just another trending topic or ad campaign. Try not to make them cry because you’re ‘pasaway’. Don’t talk down to them or make faces at them, or humiliate them in public. Make their Mother’s Day meaningful, Make it real. Make it last.
Just sayin’.
Always Mama Pina’s Loving Daughter,
Millette
Did my mother teach me Godly character? You bet she did. She and my dad (bless their souls) were wonderful parents. I miss them so very much. If I had one wish, I’d wish for every child to have parents like mine:)