I introduced my mother, the concentration camp survivor in a previous post. This is the second Mothers' Day for me without my mother. Although I miss her, I appreciate everyday the gifts she gave me of life, attitude and education.
In this post I want to celebrate and introduce you to two other mothers. One is Misty, our 18.5 year old siamese cat and mother of 5. We found out recently that birds like fur to add to their nests so we cleaned out Misty's brushes and created a little fur-stop near the bird feeder. Pictured here is a humming bird mother zooming off with some of Misty's fur, which has become quite popular with many of the birds that live near us. Misty's new nickname is, "Bird, Bed, Bath and Beyond". ;-)
I spent this last summer in NYC taking care of my father after his four week hospitalization. To prevent him from driving, I would take him to work. Yes at 90 he works. He loves work. Work is who he is. Work is how he survived three concentration camps. He is an organizer. Even in the ghetto he went from a lowly laborer to the head of a factory in just a few months. He came to this country with nothing and eventually opened up one of the biggest nightclubs in NYC that was right at the center of the disco craze in the early 70's. Now for fun, he manages a commercial office building with 7 retail stores on the ground floor and three more floors of offices for his former partner in the disco business.