full circle

some of you might remember the story about my mom telling me to "toughen up" when i called her crying, begging for sympathy when i was pregnant and battling morning sickness. she lived in another state and i just wanted my mommy. she really said something like, "oh, toughen up. just think about all those poor, indian women who gave birth in the fields and had to strap their babies on their backs to go back to work." yeah, that caused many tears from me but lots of laughter from my co-workers who overheard that conversation. i was finally able to join in the laughter last week when i went to my son's thanksgiving feast at school and saw this: