The newsgroup has remained quiet today.. For good reasons .. This is the day that the women and especially the mothers, in our lives receive the respect and recognition they deserve.. Motorcycles are quiet and the ones who are out running, are usually two up, with our favorite lady perched on the passenger pad..Whether she is the love of our life and mother of our children, or the one who brought us into this world, makes no difference..The girlfriend we admire is or will be a mother.. Our lifetime companion is or will bring the special joys and pleasures of producing the ones who we will leave as the monuments of our legacy.. And the mothers who brought us here and guided us to adult beings, all deserve the gratitude and respect that we can impose on them.. This is a day to honor and respect these wondrous members of our society.. This is a day set aside that we can embrace her and gently say "thanks" as we place a kiss on her face.. A day to treat her as a queen and the matron of the kingdom of man.. My Vulcan sat on the patio today.. Idle, with the exception of a trip to the mall, where I shopped for some token of respect and pure love.. I prowled the stores looking for that gift that could appropriately express the love.. While walking.. looking and wondering what gift could be bought to measure up, it occured to me, that the gift I searched for was not in that huge center of majestic shopping.. I had ridden my motorcycle past the only place that could offer the kind of compassion and love that I was desperately searching for.. I went into a florist shop and bought one perfect white rose.. The clerk was silent as she watched me examine each flower to select the one that was perfect.. She had offered me various bouquets, arrnaged elegantly and beautiful.. She offered me the card to accompany my flower as she tastefully protected it in the cellophane wrapping.. I thanked her and declined the card..When she handed me the rose, I asked "What do I owe you".. She replied.. "Nothing sir, thank you for your thoughtfulness"..As I left the little florist shop, her curious response played through my mind and I could not help but return.. When her customer left, I commented to her.. "I am sorry, but I don't remember sharing my thoughts with you, why did you make that comment to me" .. She smiled at me with the beauty that some of us have never enjoyed.. "Sir.. you spoke little when you were here.. The expression on your face and the look in your eyes told me, the woman of your life will receive the perfect gift from you today.. Your care in the selection of the most perfect bloom in my stock, today and the love with which you deliver that perfect flower says more than all the words or any amount of money could purchase.. That Sir, is why I gave you that flower and thanked you for your thoughtfulness..When I returned home, I presented that perfect rose to the woman who is foremost in my life.. I embraced her and told her "I love you more than life itself".. The tears filled her eyes and I then said "Please get ready, I would be honored to escort you to church, so that I may thank my God for blessing me with such a wonderful creature to share my life".. That quiet smile has been on her beautiful face this entire day.. Thank you Mother's .. one and all.. You are all truly the Lord's blessing for all us mortal men.. Your friend in Irving Bill Walker