Happy Mother’s Day

I’m not really big into the Hallmark holidays like Mother’s Day, but it’s Sunday morning in the Florida Keys and everyone’s lining up for brunch so I’m thinking of the awesome moms of M&M-ville.

Already on this trip alone we’ve enjoyed the excellent hospitality of Rita and Freda, the original M&M mothers, and had a generous offer (not taken) by Kaye’s cool mom Libby. Visits with more notable mothers to come, including Ronelle and Chicky in New Jersey, Renee in Colorado and, maybe, Janice’s sister Judy in Louiville.

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It’s been a few hours now since I started this post (we had no wireless in the Keys). Up the Florida coast, through Miami Beach and now to the little beach town of Juno, near Jupiter, we’ve been accosted by uncounted men and women and little kids selling roses and stuffed animals by the side of the road – or right in the street, when we’ve stopped at an intersection – hoping to snare some last-minute Mother’s Day business.

We’re both tired. Michelle’s sleeping now -- happy for a comfortable, bug-free and air-conditioned Holiday Inn bed after a couple of hot, itchy nights camping at the beach -- and I might catch a nap too. We’ll have more stories and photos to come.

For now, Happy Mother’s Day to our moms and any others who are following along.

M&M