Mother’s Day comes twice in the ancestral home – once in May, just like for everyone else,

Although she signs her cards ‘Mom’ – we tend to call her ‘Ma’ – “Ma, Ma, Ma,” she said once, “What am I raising – children or sheep?”
and then again on the first of June.
That’s because the first of June is the anniversary of the maternal birth – that’s right –
Love that Erma Bombeck quote!