"It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it," said Dorothy in "The Golden Girls." I'm dating myself. Today we celebrate our miraculous mothers, although in truth that should happen every day.
My late mom was a disciplinarian, but kind — slow to anger. She pushed me (cello lessons, sports, Boy Scouts) and I quickly discovered what I was good at, what I loved. She never gave me a guilt trip for not setting out on a different path (doctor/lawyer/engineer). She loved me for what I was, warts and all. In this life that's all one can hope for.
The mercury approaches 80 degrees today with fading sun and a gentle southeast breeze. Dew points are in the 50s — still comfortable out there. That's about to change.
A surge of southern moisture fueling a slow-motion front sparks roving gangs of showers and T-storms this week. Many farms, gardens and lawns will pick up 1-3 inches of rain by Saturday. With any luck things dry out one week from today.
By Tuesday the dew point reaches 70, meaning twice as much water in the air as right now. The first sweaty front!
