A shout-out to all of you childless singles out there, from the self-righteous mothers of the world!
By Heather Havrilesky May 10, 2009
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She devotes her life to a creep like Larry, but what about me? I'm the son who does everything I can to make her proud.
By Garrison Keillor
May 6, 2009
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I never thought I'd be able to enjoy Mother's Day again. Then, life brought me Annabelle.
By Ann Hood
May 10, 2008
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Introducing "Supermom" trading cards. Create your own!
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 11, 2006
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The woman shelved her movie-star dreams to change your putrid diapers. This Mother's Day, send her a sonnet.
By Garrison Keillor
April 26, 2006
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Because you entered this cold world causing her more pain than she thought possible and now she won't ever give up on you.
By Garrison Keillor
May 7, 2008
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It wasn't until the fourth year after her death that I truly understood the gifts my mother -- a mess like all of us -- had left me.
By Anne Lamott
May 8, 2005
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My mother cultivated glamour, spoke unmentionable truths, and was my closest friend. I don't need Mother's Day ads to make me miss her.
By Tina Brown
May 8, 2003
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I meant what I said, but I wish I hadn't said it.
By Lu Vickers
May 10, 2002
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When my mom split up with my not-mom, Mother's Day lost its charm.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
May 10, 2001
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Jaid Barrymore busted for gun possession and illegal postering.
By Amy Reiter
May 16, 2000
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In or out of the mental hospital, my mother always found a moment to write the note that would excuse me from Mother's Day.
By Douglas Cruickshank
May 12, 2000
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Paula Jones "that kind of girl" after all; but Mike Tyson, "upset" by stripper's advances, not that kind of boy.
By Amy Reiter
May 11, 2000
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We devote a week to Mother's Day and the messages that don't fit on the cards.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
May 8, 2000
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On Mother's Day, a million mothers will march for gun control.
By Jean Hanff Korelitz
March 13, 2000
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On Mother's
Day, a daughter finds she can't escape the painful childhood memories that
she hides from the rest of the year.
By Rose Stoll
May 6, 1998