When my mother first became a grandmother at age 46, she quickly announced that no one was allowed to call her granny.
Mr. WILLIAMS: It is spiritual for me and because the reason why my mother is mentioned is because for the first time in my life, my mother and I, are at a crossroads.
My mother's first depressive illness occurred when I was seven years old, and I felt it was my fault.
"My mother has this theory that the first year of my towel, Andy Murray will win the tournament, " said Ms. Ackroyd, the designer.
Around three in the morning of our third night at Lenox Hill, my mother was dozing for the first time and my sister slept soundly beside her.
His mother Marianne Reilly Dwyer, my first cousin, is absolutely the coolest person I have ever known.
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My recollection is that my first unaccompanied foray came when I was about 12 and my mother, my three younger brothers and I went shopping at Barneys.
The first green of evening, my mother had always called it, sitting on the back step at home, watching the Peruvian lilies and the montbretia fade into the gloaming.
When I think about the moment that changed my life or the pivotal moments of my life, I think about when my mother passed away or when my daughter was born, and when I met my wife for the first time.
But the first step was just acknowledging me and my mother and offering assistance in such a lovely, low-key manner.
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The prominent immigration rights activist has routinely visited immigration offices on the behalf of others, "but this is the first time I have been here for my own mother", she said.
My wife, two days ago, talked to a mother whose first child was born with this condition and the second child was born perfectly normal because of the research done by our people together.
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During this time, I assisted my mother in opening her own real estate firm and focused on educating first time home buyers.
Even if none of them makes it into the finals (the fix seems to be in against this devoted breed, one of the few to have originated in the U.S., which has never won Best In Show), my mother could still revel in wall-to-wall Boston Terriers in the first round.
Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, New York, we returned home from a day at school and did (always in this order) three things: First, we had a snack (long story, but my mother hid the treats in the trunk of our '80 Datsun 510, leaving my brother and me a choice of plain graham crackers, carrots or -- dear God -- homemade yogurt).
The mystery of pregnancy and the heroism of Lindbergh combined to give a distinction bordering on the divine to my very own mother, for whom nothing less than a global annunciation had accompanied the incarnation of her first child.
When I discovered that Westminster for the first time this year would be broadcasting the individual breed judging live online, I knew my mother was in for a treat because of her access to an iPad: She'd now be able to see dozens of Boston Terriers with perfect markings being put through their paces.
It was this broad avenue, hung with bobbing white lanterns, alight with girls fluent in yukata (a light kimono) and little boys carrying lit-up white globes, that greeted me my first night in Kyoto, in 1984, on a three-day visit through Japan with my mother, en route to India.
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