Mom Wants Me to Mother Her Unborn Child

On Mother's Day, I gave Mom a carefully chosen present, but she pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind her back.

I asked if they were from my older sister, who had been working away from home for years.

She smiled, rested a hand on her still-flat belly, and handed me the flowers.

"These are your younger brother's Mother's Day gift to you. When he's born, he'll be able to call you Mom."