I wanted to buy my wife fresh cherries ... but

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She wanted to buy fresh cherries for Mother's Day. I was going to buy an entire 2 pound bag. It would have only been about 7 dollars. But she thought that since I didn't really like eating them that much it was too expensive so she bought about three quarters of a pound for herself. So what else can I get her? I went to Tom Thumb to buy a Boston Creme Cake with strawberries and cold, sweet whipped cream on top and brought it home to put in the refrigerator only to find there was little room in there for it. I did not give up. I managed to play Tetris with things at the bottom shelf and placed the Cake on top of the container of sliced cantaloupe melon. I wanted to buy iced cream but she had trouble deciding what flavor and I purchased on pint of Italian coffee toffee gelato and she wanted something in ice cream but was unable to decide. So, later on, at Kroger, I had trouble getting her the right ice cream and decided maybe some chocolate covered fresh strawberries but the lady there would not offer to sell a dozen of them in a single package or individually. They were offered only in a mixed container of chocolate covered marshmallows, chocolate covered pretzels and a few chocolate covered strawberries for 17.00 a package. I thought this was outrageous. I did not get to buy them individually even at 2 dollars each which would by my calculations earn them higher profits than selling them in a mixed package. The only thing I could manage was the Boston Creme Cake from Tom Thumb store. It was hard to get out and shop today as for one thing all the stores were jam packed with people buying last minute Mother's Day items. They had a nice group of a dozen red roses at Tom Thumb store for just 9.99. I should have just bought her these. Meantime she is planning a lunch after a roast cooks for a few hours and is served up later with mashed potatoes and brown gravy and vegetables and hot rolls. I hope your Mother's Day was a good one that you will remember fondly. My mother is no longer alive to celebrate but my wife is a mother and a grand mother and a great grand mother but nobody called us. Nobody came by. It's as if we had been forgotten. Oh well, we're still alive and kicking. We may not be as exciting as a party animal in their 20's 30's and 40's but at our age we know how to fix a great meal, pick out a good movie to watch and manage to get the lawn mowed before the rain comes. So we will have our dinner with no others in attendance. That is all well and good because for those who think of us only on a holiday, they put us out of sight, out of mind the rest of the 360 or so days of the year. I hope some of you are lucky enough to have Mother's Day with family. but then if they only come to see you on Mother's Day what kind of deal is that?