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THE REAL MOTHER'S DAY

Today is the first day of school for most of the schoolchildren in Omaha’s public schools. Have at it, kids! God bless you, teachers! OK, you moms, now join me in clicking your heels and high-tailing it to the nearest bar!

Just kidding.

Then again, a friend of mine used to host a “REAL MOTHER'S DAY” celebration coffee on the first day of school all the years her boys were in school. Everyone knew to just come, and often brought others. The noise level was high as all chattered about summer and the relief of having kids back in school with some semblance of order back to life.

But each year, there would be ONE mom who'd fall into the open doorway, sobbing, after she had just sent her last child off to the wild kingdom of kindergarten.

Everybody sympathized. But then my friend would serve her a mimosa – spiked orange juice – and voila! She’d be allllllllll better.