When it comes to life, personally I can think of no greater accomplishment than that of Parenthood. There is nothing I want more someday than to be a Mother. The time, the place, the right situation hasn't come along for me just yet, but hopefully it will.
Mothers and Fathers, to me, are the real life superheroes of the world-- modern day magicians, so to speak. With Mother's Day upon us, let's be sure to celebrate Mom and thank her for all she's done for us. ( We'll celebrate Dad too, a month from now).
I'd also like to take a moment to thank another famous Mom... MOTHER NATURE. It appears she's going to give us a break from the rain with mainly dry weather this weekend. (Even she shouldn't work too hard on Mom's Day). That's good news, if maybe you're planning on taking Mom to Drillers Stadium Sunday--where it's "Hats Off To Mom Day". The first 1,000 moms will get pink Drillers caps, and all Drillers players will wear pink jerseys during the game to help raise money for *** Cancer Awareness. If you go, you might want to considering taking one of those tiny electric handheld fans for Mom-- because it will be humid.
If you'd like to keep Mom indoors in the Air Conditioning, I have a quick and easy way to give her 15 seconds of fame. I will be working for George this weekend during our Sunday Morning show from 9-10am called Channel 2 News Weekend Mornings. If you'd like to e-mail me your Mom's picture ( chin@kjrh.com) I can put her picture on TV. Won't she be surprised if we put her on TV!?! It's a free way to make her feel a little more special. I'll be putting my own Mom's picture on -- she lives over 1,000 miles away, but I'd bet she'll be watching live on-line ( she does this all the time-- so that she gets to see me each and every day. I am her baby, afterall).
We recently ran a news story about how much Mom should be paid for all the work she does.
According to the folks at Salary.com, Mom recently got a 3% raise.
Here's the breakdown
Stay at Home Moms: $138,000
Working Moms: $85,000 + her current salary
My thoughts on this: duh---- she's Priceless.
( And she certainly deserves more than 3%)
Happy Mother's Day... We love you, and we thank you for all that you do, and all that you are.
Julie