read write prompt #26: are you my mother?

It’s the time of year when the earth blooms with warmth and color, baby robins crack through eggshells to naively take on the world, and Hollywood moms proudly strut about to reveal their winter-night-born love-bumps. And the American greeting card industry is counting on us all to send our mothers a card.
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Posted by Blythe on 05.07.2008 at 12:01 am// Tagged: Blythe, Read Write Prompt , , , , , , ,


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