I know you don’t know what a Mimosa is.

You wouldn’t drink one, if i gave it to you .

But this Mothers Day,with the children as the audience ,and my husband as the waiter

I got a Mimosa in bed.

There were so many presents,each gift a symbol of a part of me that I represented in their lives.

I have four,and you have five of us,and though Dad is gone ,I know the grandkids help ease the pain of his void. I sipped my Mimosa, to pretend I was at a resort ,looked down at my badly in need of a pedicure feet,and covered them up with the bed sheet . No pedicures for me ,not today .

The kids jumping on the bed,and the baby crying,was a sign,the glass of Mimosa stood no chance of survival at this imaginary spa.

As I walked down stairs to help a lost husband in the kitchen,and my four ducklings,followed me as if I will always lead the way. They happiness I felt with the toys scattered and the baby needing to be changed and my teenager blasting music in my head, all huddled near my skirt tail, burst the seams of my heart with love .

I still feel you know the way, and the answers to all.

I know when you get you fruit basket today,cause you dont like chocolates,flowers,or drink wine,delivered 3000 miles to you in the foreign land,you call home,the whole village will know,your child sent it to you.

I know my sister will awake you with a cup of tea and breakfast ,and hug you like she was still a child .

And you will yell and tell her to behave,and she will smile with her dimpled cheeks,and your heart will melt,like on the day she was born.You will remember the joy,this unexpected bundle brought you,some twenty plus years ago.

You will dine with my brothers who will conjure up lunch,and bring you their humble trinkets to represent enormous love .The grandkids will love you today,as they do everyday,and Daddy will know you are not alone or un loved .

I am proud of you,and the mother you are, and led me to be .

My Mimosa raised to you ,my mother . I will drink to you always and wish when I am older like you,my kids will raise their glasses to me.