To my children who call me "mother"- I am in deep gratitude to you today.  I whispered this to you, though you were too busy being my kids to acknowledge such sentimental banter- playing tag, running the neighborhood,  shooting hoops, punching a sibling...This holiday is really about you, dear ones, because, without you, I would not be who I am today- in this role of a lifetime...the one thing I would not change about my life, for all the money in the world.