This year, Americans will spend over $23 billion telling their moms just how much they mean to them for Mother’s Day this year. Flowers, as always, will be the leading show of filial piety, with chocolate, jewelry and spa days making their usual strong showing. Brunch will be consumed in bulk — and mothers everywhere will be feeling the love and basking in the glow of their children’s adoration.
Well, the mothers whose baby birds are still more or less babies and who belong in the nest, or those whose baby birds have left the nest, will be celebrating.