Archive for May 11th, 2008

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. [source]

Ah yes, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats from TS Eliot. It was a fave, back in the day.

Jen and I have borrowed a page from it, as we give everything in our house an ineffable effable effanineffable name.

We have named all of Zacharie’s toys. And we have named our plants.

Jen has a had a small tree for a number of years. She named it Feenie. Yes, after the Iron Chef, Rob Feenie. I’m thinking she had a wee crush on the man. Last year, when Jen got another, smaller tree of the same type he instantly became Mini Feenie.

Now, as we get ready to landscape our backyard, we’re out looking at and buying trees. Jen came home with a wee Japanese Maple last week. It needed a name. An ineffable effable effanineffable name.

We stopped and thought about it for a while, and decided that all the trees in our yard should be named after chefs. We already had Feenie, so this little maple should also get the name of a famous chef. Vij? Flay? Tojo? No.

Meet Morimoto, or Mori for short.

We stuck with the Iron Chef theme and named him after the legendary Iron Chef Japanese, Masaharu Morimoto. I actually voted for Masaharu as the tree name, we figured Z would have an easier time saying Mori.

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I never really appreciated Mother’s Day until I had a son. I mean, you love your Mom, but I just don’t think I fully got it, until Z landed in my lap.

Watching the sacrifice, the love, the devotion Jen has to our son is inspiring. Yeah, I’m now the #2 man in her life, but it’s understandable. The bond between mother and child is unchallengeable. She is perfect. He is perfect. They were made for each other.

So watching Jen’s relationship with Z and the sacrifices she has made to make sure he gets everything he needs has helped me to really, and truly, appreciate the efforts my “Moms” made.

That’s me n mom in the middle. My dad’s mom on the left, My mom’s mom on the right. Front row has my maternal great grandmas.

Happy Mother’s Day to the 5 unwavering Mothers I have met in my life and to you and yours as well.

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