Long, long, long but fun day. Four hours of sleep as I travel from east to west meeting moms across America. Like spirited “Mother Dear” who yearns to make another golf trip to Jamaica. She’s not my mother, but Mother Dear is the endearment everyone knows her by. Oh, she is 96. And Maria who came over from the Naples area of Italy loved being crooned by a Dean Martin impersonator. And how giddy and girly she was to see herself on TV at 100 years old. That truly is ‘Amore’. Today the entire live audience on ABC Windy City Live were moms. Women inspire each other just being together.
In a business meeting on Wednesday, which happened to be between all women (clients and vendors, buyers and sellers; but all women), I held up the meeting to note a “women only” phenomenon. In between our business discussions was girl talk about kids, parties, shopping, and a whole series of important stuff. Then we fell right back into the world of prices, timing and profit structure. Love that about women at work. And in another meeting where five women feeling passionate about the success of a project were called “emotional” by the one male in the room. How about dedicated, or effective? Highs and lows and laughs of the last 10 days which took me from San Francisco, to New York, San Antonio, Orlando, back to New York and on to Chicago. Leaving for Phoenix and Minneapolis as I take time to jot this down before heading home for Mother’s Day and I think a nice Sunday nap over looking the olive grove. Both my daughters are close to home for Mom’s Day. But life being what it is, my first daughter (don’t dare call her my oldest), is busy tracking down her children and daughter number two (is that going to get me in trouble?) just starting her career has pulled Sunday work. I honestly don’t feel slighted. I get to see them both often now and that quiet Sunday at home in Sonoma is just what my heart desires this Mother’s Day. I know I’m important to them. Happy Mother’s Day.
That counts.
“Do as I say, not as I do”….. never worked for me as a child. Did it work for you? I’m wondering where the grown-ups are in our country. Our most applauded sports heroes say they have to cheat to stay on top. Front page news is full of immoral behavior from our elected officials to our business leaders. While we complain about violence we see it as someone else’s problem; not our video games, not our movies, not our gun collection. It’s time to remember the daily examples we set in front of the next generation. But this is a new year and just as the sun rises each morning, it’s a chance to re-evaluate and get things right.
