Hello! I wanted to wish all of the Mothers on Law & Order Criminal Intent, and on this board a HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY early. I know that being a Mother is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Mothers, Single Mothers, even Mothers-To-Be deserve all the praises, love, hugs and kisses! Also...

Happy Mothers Day to Vincent's & Chris' wives:
Carin & Tara

To all of my online friends who are mothers, mothers to be or grandmothers!!! Hope you have a special day!

Happy Mothers Day to every mommie on this forum...

Happy Mom's Day to all the board Moms!


::waves:: Hi Irish!

Thanks all. We do put up with a lot, that's for sure.

Happy Mother's Day to all the other mothers on this forum. Hope it is a great one.

Happy Mother's Day to each Mama in this forum

HAPPY MOMS DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS OF THE FORUM AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE MOMS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO!

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms everywhere!

And extra special Mother's Day wishes for Carin Van der Donk D'Onofrio! Being a mother of 2 is a whole new ballgame! Hope you feel as good as you look in the Tribeca Film Festival pictures online!

Thanks to Enaka for giving us the opportunity to express our good wishes.

Happy Mother's Day all you mothers!

&& Specially Judy, since she is my board mommy

Happy Mother's Day to you all. In honor of the day, I've posted my fanfic (shameless plug).

Happy Mother's Day to all the other mothers on this forum

Happy Mother's Day, everybody!

In honor of Moms everywhere, I dug way back in the bowels of my saved emails, and found this gem about Moms that I'd like to share:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anSpBUxsgAU (AKA, "The Mom Song")


And this one:

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A MOM THIS FUNNY STUFF.

"Why God Made Moms" Answers given by elementary school age children
to the following questions:
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Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
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How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
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What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
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Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.
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What kind of little girl was your Mom?
1. My Mom has always been my Mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3 They say she used to be nice.
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WHAT DID MOM NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DAD BEFORE SHE MARRIED HIM?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
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WHY DID YOUR MOM MARRY YOUR DAD?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
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Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because Dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than Dad.
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What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work & work at home, & dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4.Moms' have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
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What does your Mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
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What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
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If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back.
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>>>> THE MOMMY TEST
I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.

"Why?" my daughter asked.

"Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty and probably has germs," I replied.

At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff?"

"Uh," ...I was thinking quickly,"All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mommy."

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.

"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy!"

"Exactly," I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart.

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"Dear Lord," the preacher began with arms extended and a rapturous
look on his upturned face, "without you we are but dust..."

He would have continued, but at that moment one very obedient
little girl (who was listening carefully) leaned over to her mother
and asked quite audibly in her shrill little girl voice, "Mommy, WHAT
is butt dust?"

Church was pretty much over at that point...

I have more "Mommy gems".....I'll post them as I find them.

Happy Mother's Day everybody!

For those of you who still have mothers and grandmothers alive please cherish them for the treasures they are while you still have them.

For those of us who have lost our mothers and grandmothers may you be comforted by pleasant memories of them this weekend and always.

The Vault

Happy Mother's Day to all moms and every woman out there who has a 'mother's heart'. All the women who take care of and watch out for us. I know we have a special mentor 'Mom' we can think of who has helped us somewhere in our lives. (teachers, friends, nurses, older women, etc.) Love to all!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and moms-to-be.

Flashymom, I didn't want to quote the whole thing, but your post was great! Its the second time I've seen the video of the "Mom song" and still it makes me laugh and clap. And how sad is it that I'm sitting all alone in my kitchen, laughing and clapping?

Thanks, and Happy Mother's day to all moms.

I want to wish all the mothers on here a happy mothers day. Rather you're a grandmother, god-mother, mother-in-law, step mom,
Mom, Friend mom, or someone you think of as a mother and all the new and old mothers.

Happy mothers day to the cast and crew of CI who has children and who are just joining the motherhood, or are going to be joining.

May i wish every mum on the forum a happy mothers day from the UK

A very happy Mothers Day to all the mothers everywhere. And also to the single Dads, who are both mother and father to their children.

Those were great, thanks flashymom!




Thnak you Vault...comfort to you as well.

That is beautifully put ZenJen. I love it.

^^^What she said.


HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day!

To every Mother, Grandmother and Mother-to-Be on this forum and among the cast and crew of LOCI

...........................................Happy Mother's Day!

Best wishes to all mothers in the LOCI forum (with special regards to the leading moms Kathryn Erbe and Julianne Nicholson)

FELIZ DIA MAMAS!

I have told yall of my daughter's social anxiety problem and she spends a lot of time on the computer, this Am I woke up with this on my computer as my mother's day gift, The first one is her singing, I have never had such a touching Mother's day gift in my life, she has never been one to show her feelings. I hope she doesn't mind me sharing.
Happy Mother's day 1

Mother's Day 2

Oh, JRyan, that is SO sweet! Your daughter provided my first tears for Mother's Day!

::wipes away tears:: That was so beautiful. Your daughter did such a great job on that. I adored them.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOM'S OUT THERE IN THE WORLD!!

Last year the episode "Endgame" first aired on May 14th, one day after Mother's Day. Therefore, in our LOCI "focused" fantasy world, this is Bobby's first Mother's Day without his mother. Hugs and kisses to Bobby to help him get through the day.

wow has it been a year already? I guess with the summer off then the writer's strike, then the alternating episodes, not many episodes to watch him grieve, Jryan runs to Be by Bobby's side and gives him a big hug. and of course any think else he needs.

After Dad gets out of church I'm going with my parents (Mom included) to eat some brunch. She just loves to go out.

Moms lol.

Awww, :::wipes away a few tears::: that was so sweet!



Oh poooorrr Bobby...

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!
A wonderful day to all of the Mom's who post on this site.

God's blessing to all moms who have passed & cannot be with us today. We will never forget you & know that you are hear with us always.

Have a beautiful day everyone.

Those were adorable......what a great Mother's Day gift! She sang the second song beautifully!! I like
the Earthbound Mother song a lot from hearing it on Super Smash Bros. Melee, and it was sweet to hear her sing it.

I made my mother 2 bookmarks with drawings on them (with a little tassle on them, too), a necklace, and a Mother's Day flipbook
with cartoon pictures of her. She said "These are the things mother treasures".

Happy Mothers Day to all mothers, and even those who aren't mothers but take time to take care of the ones they love. =)




Including Frances Goren...who even though is fictional, helped some people deal with loved ones who have passed or are in the hospital...

HAPPY MOMS DAY, I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A WONDRFUL DAY!

My daughter and son-in-law took me to Olive Garden for lunch and gave me a gift card for Borders. I had just been there before getting to the restaurant and ordered One Who Walked Alone by Novalyn Ellis. Cool! I told my daughter that Borders is always a safe bet with me--love it there!
I tried to find a book of poetry by Robert E. Howard, but the clerk said it looked like they couldn't order it. I also looked for Kowalski's book and they couldn't order it, either. I guess one out of three is something.

Happy Mother's Day to all the "invisible Moms" of the world! I also got this wonderful email this past week:


It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and asks to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on the phone?' Obviously not; no one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all. I'm invisible. The invisible Mom. Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?

Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30, please.'

I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude - but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going, she's going, she's gone!

One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England. Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself as I looked down at my out-of-style dress; it was the only thing I could find that was clean. My unwashed hair was pulled up in a hair clip and I was afraid I could actually smell peanut butter in it. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I brought you this.'



It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: 'To Charlotte, with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.'



In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work: No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of their names. These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything. A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it.' And the workman replied, 'Because God sees.'

I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you, Charlotte. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become.'

At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride. I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that degree.

When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My Mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table.' That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, 'You're going to love it there.'

As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world willma rvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women.

Great Job, MOM! Share this with all the Invisible Moms you know .... I just did.

Hey I just came from there for supper. I think KimberlyT talked me into it yesterday morning. I am stuffed full. No bookstore though.

I'm spoiling this for all the squeamish menfolk who read this thread:



Edit: sorry, happy Mother's Day.

Sorry, better luck next month....

Thanks so much Kimberly, but I'm not really trying to get pregnant--and if THAT isn't the understatement of the year! In fact, today I was seriously thinking of getting a historectomy and adopting if I want a baby later.

This actually happened to me today and it so aptly demonstrates the spirit of Mother's Day that I thought I should share it.

This afternoon I stopped at a gas bar/convenience store to get gas. A young man who obviously had a mental/developmental handicap pumped my gas, watched closely by a teenage girl. Nearby there was a woman standing outside her car also observing the process. I paid the young man for the gas and gave him a $2.00 tip. When I went inside the convenience store, the young man was at the counter purchasing a large blueberry danish. The cashier, who obviously knew him, asked where he got the money for the danish. He said a lady gave it to him for pumping gas. He then asked the cashier if she could wrap up the danish. When she replied that she had plastic wrap, he asked if she had any paper wrap. She said no and asked why he wanted it wrapped in paper. He said "Becaise it's a Mother's Day gift for my mother." The cashier said she did have some pretty ribbon so she could wrap it in plastic wrap and put a nice bow on it. By this time a line-up had formed at the check-out but everyone waited patiently while the cashier made several attempts to get the bow just right. The young man then left the store and we all watched as he proudly presented the gift to his mother, the lady who was leaning on the car watching him pump gas.

What a sweet voice your daughter has and what a beautiful Mother's Day present Jryan.

I was thinking that I would be happy to get a phone call from my son today. (We are very close but he's a busy kid.) I was very happily suprised when he called to say that he and his wonderful girlfriend were coming to visit. They brought me tulips and chocolate. They are both very sweet. Then we sat in the livingroom talking and watching "The Deadliest Catch" for about 3 hours. LMBO . That was fine with me. I was just so happy and thrilled that they came!!!

I hate this pic because I look just like it but here is a pic we took to send to my husband's stepmother.

Absolutely lovely, Jryan. What a perfect Mother's Day gift.

As someone who too often feels like this, thanks for sharing! Your post brought tears to my eyes. Good tears, with a chuckle as well.

But Flashy, we must include the hubby who also is guilty of the "What time is it" & What channel is that on?" I have one of those, do you?

You're welcome KimberlyT

Well Mother's Day #3 without a mother and #1 without any grandmothers went well.

Saturday night I called my aunt (now pretty much made an only child by life because both her parents and her younger siblings including my mother are gone). She is doing well considering it's been less than a month since we buried her mother (my last remaining grandparent). It was a little weird to have useful advice to give to her for once, especially because of our age difference, but I think she was glad to talk to someone who has an understanding of what she is going through due to my prior experience. Her daughters (one is six months older than me and one is six days older than me) I don't think get what it's like, nor should they. Hopefully it's a long time before they have to join the club that my aunt and I are now in.

Sunday while my Dad went up to Arlington National Cemetary (I begged off due to a headache and a general dislike of a two hour car ride to visit a grave from which I never seem to get any comfort or peace but I did send him with flowers, red carnations, some of her favorite flowers plus it *rained* yesterday, quite a lot) I stayed in, cooked delicious Chinese food from one of my mother's recipe books and watched the mother related movies on Turner Classic Movies ('Mildred Pierce', 'The Mating Season' and 'I Remember Mama').

Hope everyone else had a nice weekend.
The Vault

i know im a bit late, but happy belated mothers day to all the mommies out there! i hope everyone had a nice day! ^__^

I hope everyone had a nice mothers day yesterday!