Oh, one other thing...Mother's Day...

Make it about the kids, meaning, any gifts or cards and stuff are from them to her, maybe just sign your name on the card.

Don't make the mistake I did (a couple times) and try to win her over on a holiday or anniversary... pretty much guaranteed to go over, horribly.

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus

Uncertainty is the very condition which impels people to unfold their powers.-Eric Fromm