Mother’s Day always brings a mix of emotions for me, just as it does for many others.  But mostly it offers a time to reflect on the deep love and gratitude I experience when thinking of her.  And to remember the wonderful ways in which she taught me to understand, and to follow, the deepest and highest values of our culture. Values that not only guide me in my interactions with friends and with enemies, with family, and strangers, but also with myself as I deal with the world around me each and every day. Thank you, mom. I love you and I miss you.