RoB- Mother's Day

They all thought of their mothers and the obvious fact that they aren 't mothers themselves. Jillian missed her long dead, beloved, doting mother every day, and her darling Lily, of course, died so young, so tragically.... Evelynn despises her negligent and perverse mother, but she got no pleasure in recently seeing how frail she is when Evelynn visited her in NYC. ( Maybe she would die soon.) Evelynn never wants children; she has her family to thank for that.... Sharon had murdered both her parents, Lizzie Borden style, when she was twelve, because they "killed" all the farm animals she raised and adored for food. She was held in Juvenile detention until she was eighteen, and those court records were sealed.She cannot have children because of a botched abortion when she was nineteen.... Ruby still visits her feeble, but sweet mother with dementia , who lives in a high end nursing home about 80 miles from Jill's estate. Her dutiful mother had made sure Ruby's nursing was paid for, but when Ruby graduated, her mother chose that auspicious day to tell Ruby that Ruby had been adopted as an infant and that her biological parents were brother and sister. Ruby will not take any chances with having an abnormal child.... Yung had no memory of her mother or any other family, in fact. She had been a slave in Korea since she was a toddler, then eventually sold for the Sex trade. Jillian had rescued her from that Hell, and eventually, she came to think of Jillian as a mother figure.Yung can't imagine herself being a mother - enough anguish in the world....Abby, Barb and Cheri all have normal, bedroom community, Joan Cleaver type, traditional mothers. All three keep in contact with their caring moms, but don't have much time to visit them. Children? They don't have any time for that either.... Finally, Pauline's mother loved her as Paul, but when Paul became Pauline, she disowned Pauline,and even blames Pauline for the fatal heart attack of Pauline's father.Of course, Pauline is not allowed to see her beautiful, teen daughter Remy, who thinks of her father/ mother as a freak anyway.... Some women have good relationships with their moms ; some women don't. Some women are meant to be mothers; some women are not.