http://www.rakemag.com/tags/mother The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/breaking-bread/2008/05/mother039s-day-a-stupid-manipulative-holiday <!--paging_filter--><p>I think we're all in agreement (aren't we?) that Mother's Day as it is currently practiced is by far the most commercial, needlessly costly, guilt-induding holiday of all time. For years, I've insisted it was begun by a consortium of greedy florists and greeting card manufacturers, and I've told my children. . . .please. . . .never to observe it.</p><p><a href="http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/breaking-bread/2008/05/mother039s-day-a-stupid-manipulative-holiday">read more</a></p> http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/breaking-bread/2008/05/mother039s-day-a-stupid-manipulative-holiday#comments commercialism commodification greece hibiscus Morton&#039;s mother mother&#039;s day Sun, 11 May 2008 00:10:12 -0500 Ann Bauer 9085 at http://www.rakemag.com http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/rakish-angle/god-talked-me-today <!--paging_filter--><p>The first time it happened, he was sitting in the kitchen behind me.<br /><br />I was at the counter cutting vegetables for dinner when my older son said, &quot;When God talked to me earlier today, before I went to school...&quot;<br /><br />That's how he spoke as a child. He was only 11, but his diction was formal, biblical almost, and he habitually attached clauses to make his points more precise. If he heard from God, it would be important to know not only that it was today and that it was early but also that it had occurred before school.<br /><p><a href="http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/rakish-angle/god-talked-me-today">read more</a></p> http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/rakish-angle/god-talked-me-today#comments agnostic autism autistic god mother motherhood religion son Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:10:01 -0500 Cristina Cordova 8586 at http://www.rakemag.com