Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms and Moms-in-waiting.

May this special day be a blessed one. I know for me it is extra special with

all of my babies finally home, well almost all. :)

To my children's birth Moms: I cannot even imagine what a difficult day this must be for you. You will never know the depth of the joy that you have brought into our lives

by saying "Yes" and bringing these babies into the world. You are always in our thoughts and prayers. God bless you abundantly, always!

To my dear Mother-in-law: Wishing you a wonderful Mother's Day. You will always be very

special in my heart because you, too, have given me one the most wonderful gifts I have ever received, the gift of your son. You did an incredible job raising him to be a man of character and integrity who loves God, his family and is an amazing husband. I give you and Dad credit for that and thank our Lord for that blessing. I love you!

And last but definitely not least, to my very own special Mom:

Words could never express how much I love you. You are a beautiful, intelligent, strong, resilient woman. You have taught me to always stand up for what is right, to be passionate about the things I believe in and to never give up. It is because of you that I am the person I am today. Thank you!

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART,

Munny

Some questions answered....

In response to some of your comments and questions. Here's what I've learned.

Someone wrote to me the following:

I work for NBC (in a department not affiliated with this program) and the phone calls and emails that have come pouring in have been close to 15,0000. I just wanted you to know that your voices as a community have definitely rattled the cage and caused changes in protocol to occur.

I also received this copy of a response from another person, which answers Kelly's question about whether or not anyone at Teleflora is a Mom.

Thank you for contacting Teleflora to share your thoughts about the
"Teleflora presents America's Favorite Mom" program.

In response to your concerns, Teleflora is immediately changing the
name of our "Non-Mom" category to "Adopting Moms." After closer
examination, we can see how this may have been offensive to moms who
have adopted children -- moms who are indeed real moms to their
children in every sense of the word. In fact, many of us at
Teleflora are "adopting" parents ourselves, including our president
and owner. The essence of this category still focuses on a
grandparent, neighbor, step mom, or mom to adopted or foster
children, each one raising and loving a child.

This show of insensitivity on our part was in no way intended and we
deeply apologize for any concern or distress we may have caused. It
was always our intent to salute and celebrate all moms.

In closing, all of us at Teleflora would like to offer our sincerest
best wishes to all the many women throughout the world who have
worked so hard and given so much to earn the name "Mom."

Sincerely,
The America's Favorite Mom Team

And in response to April's comment, "I don't understand why we can't just be in the same category as moms." I don't either. I'm not interested in watching the show (which will
air tomorrow night). I also don't understand how Marie Osmond, who is hosting the show and is an adoptive mother of 5 children herself, would represent something so ignorant. But then again, with so many hands in the pot, she may not even have known about the categories.

I'm off to something more productive and meaningful, spending time with my family. Have a great day everyone!

YEAH, BABY! WE ROCK!!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who wrote and called into NBC. The adoption community is definitely tight knit and we ROCK!

NBC has changed the name of the category to The Adopting Mom. You can click here to take a peek at it yourself.

In addition, the following comment was left under my initial posting about this issue:

Grace Chang said...
My name is Grace and I work with Edelman (www.Edelman.com), on behalf of Teleflora’s “America’s Favorite Mom” program. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about this issue. After closer examination, Teleflora recognized how this may have been offensive to moms who have adopted children… moms who are indeed real moms in every sense of the word. This show of insensitivity was in no way intended and Teleflora offers its deepest apology.

It was always Teleflora’s intent to salute and celebrate all moms. Please know that in response to the concerns expressed, Teleflora immediately changed the name of the “Non-Mom” category to “Adopting Moms,” which has already been posted at AmericasFavoriteMom.com.

On behalf of Teleflora, I would like to offer my sincerest best wishes to you on this Mother’s Day.