What your mother always wanted!

Mother's Day Monday went very well last week. There was a steady stream of people coming by the big pink tent to write postcards to Senator McCain, urging him to stop the occupation of Iraq. C made a large "Dear John" letter to Senator McCain stating, "Our relationship never had a chance. Your true love is War -- it must end." We had many more honks for peace than "war fingers," as my entourage calls them. Many people called out their thanks to us for making sure that John McCain knows that Arizona women do not support his call for more and longer war.

We were given a "free speech" zone in front of the office building. We were cordoned off by a strip of pink tape (how appropriate). The building manager was so frightened of our peaceful rally that she even blocked off the sidewalk to the building. Even though we scrupulously honored the zone, she could not be talked into opening up sidewalk access to the building. It's very interesting that Senator McCain would choose to have his office in a building where the owners are not very interested in supporting our Constitutional right to free speech!



The day-long vigil was followed by an evening candlelight vigil. C read Julia Ward Howe's rousing Mother's Day declaration and we all joined together to sing a few songs. I thought the evening vigil was well-attended even though it conflicted with a Suns' playoff game.

C spent the entire day at Mother's Day Monday and we all owe her a debt of gratitude for her hard work. Even I , Pinky, only spent 2 hours out in the heat (my entourage complained of being hot and needing snacks), although I returned for the evening vigil.

My thanks to C, V, and Phoenix FBlogger for the photos. I'm still not a good blogger!