Yesterday I "made" my son take a tour of our yard to look at all of the roses and other new plantings we've put in this year. He doesn't really mind, but he does like to make comments like..."what are you, 80 years old now?" as I point out the various plants and make him lean over and smell all of the buds. I consider this time spent together to be mother son bonding time, and he considers it a way to learn which flowers to send his girlfriend, so it all works out. As we passed by one of our…
