Mother's Day makes me want to cry, especially when I walk past the greeting card or gift displays, since my own mother died. She and I always loved to shop together, and I feel her presence in the dressing rooms as JC Penny's, etc. Silly? Sometimes I do shop for myself around this time and in my head I talk with her about how things fit and what looks good in the mirror. My own daughters sometimes do wonderful things, like the year they got together and bought me an iPod engraved with "Thanks for listening, your favorite four." Some years one might send a gift, another a card, or even an electronic greeting or a phone call. They are all very loving and all are mothers themselves to kids or dogs. Mostly I think the holiday is promoted by retailers to make a buck. Love is an everyday thing.