Mother's Day

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Mother's Day has held mixed feelings for Dick in the years since his parents were killed. It's a pain that's gotten easier to deal with in the passage of time, and with a family of his own now, he's living more for the present - and the future - than ever before.

There are other people in his life who deserve recognition on this day; some who are mothers not by blood but by bond.

At the clinic of one Leslie Thompkins waits a present that has literally been a lifetime in the making: a large, square, elegantly wrapped box resting on her modest kitchen table will reveal a leatherbound photo album. Inside can be found a legacy of photographs from as recently as a few weeks ago to more than fifteen years - informal snaps of Barbara, Dick, Tim, Cass, and Jason. They're not all of the greatest quality but what they lack in photographer's skill they more than make up for with the personalities contained therein.

A simple note in a familiar all-caps print, placed just inside the cover, reads, "Here's to many more. Happy Mother's Day."