TO MOM WITH LOVE; SOUTHLAND CELEBRATION HONORS REAL FIRST LADIES.Byline: Deborah Sullivan Daily News Staff Writer They are moral beacons, repositories of history and distributors of smiles and laughter when life is dark, family members said Sunday about their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. About 1,500 people gathered at the Jewish Home for the Aging to honor hundreds of moms in what was billed as the largest Mother's Day celebration in the world. ``We have to respect our moms, our grandmothers, and take care of our families and our children,'' said U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected to the U.S. , D-San Francisco, who was honored during the celebration as Celebrity Mom of the Year. Residents of the home received visits from as many as four generations of their families. They enjoyed music of the Ruben Berci Orchestra over a lunch of salad and bagels, danced with costumed cartoon characters and signed a Mother's Day card 16 feet by 10 feet. Three Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. moms were named Mother of the Year after their daughters won an essay contest on ``Why my mom is the best.'' ``I like her voice, I like her smell, and I like her hair,'' 7-year-old Sandy Avalos of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. wrote about her mother, Catalina. ``When she told me (she won) I didn't believe it,'' said Catalina Avalos, 25. ``I'm very proud.'' Each of the winning moms received a four-pound box of See's Candy, a copy of her daughter's essay, family tickets to Disneyland and dinner at Spago. Each winning daughters got a $500 grant for her school. ``She is there for me in times of trouble,'' wrote Rebecca Rothberg, 9, of Brentwood. ``She is waiting to comfort me when I am depressed. Lastly, but definitely not least, my mother is a child at heart.'' Bella McGowan, 45, whose 12-year-old daughter, Sarah Kate, also wrote a winning entry, described their relationship as ``a mutual admiration society Mutual Admiration Society circle of mutual patters on the backs. [Br. Hist.: Wheeler, 254] See : Flattery .'' Bella McGowan also is a winner as a daughter, said her mother, Sue Kallick, 70, of Westwood. ``I'm so proud of her I wonder if I did the teaching or not,'' Kallick said. ``I think she taught me as she was growing up.'' Many moms celebrated quietly with their broods, who mused over the meaning of motherhood. ``Love them all,'' advised resident Gert Stone, 94, surrounded by her extensive family. ``We never had any fights in our family because my mother wouldn't let us,'' said Stone's daughter, Gloria Borenstein, 72. ``We have disagreements, but if we have something to say we talk about it, and we never hold a grudge grudge tr.v. grudged, grudg·ing, grudg·es 1. To be reluctant to give or admit: even grudged the tuition money. 2. .'' Their family said Stone and Borenstein act as gentle matriarchs, offering guidance and wisdom to several generations of offspring. ``They're very positive and I'd say liberal for their times,'' said Marisa Kamenow, 18, Borenstein's granddaughter and Stone's great-granddaughter. She said she feels free to confide her problems with life and boys to her elder relatives. ``They're pretty wild. They cheer me up by telling me their stories, and they're surprisingly similar.'' To Lisa Sevin, 40, of North Hollywood, her grandmother, Sadye Hirschson, 103, is a living testament to history. Hirschson, who traveled by ship from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to California in 1931, learned to drive on Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for H. Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927), an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. when Los Angeles was ``a great big village'' and Wilshire was ``a great big country road,'' Sevin said. ``I loved to listen to all her stories. It's fascinating to me that she lived through so much of history - from the invention of the refrigerator to the airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. .'' Claire Bizar, 90, insisted on giving her two daughters opportunities she felt cheated out of. ``I was determined that they should be professionals, so I sent them to the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Throughout Los Angeles, mothers received recognition at a myriad of events. Two hundred poor and homeless mothers and their children enjoyed a luncheon at Union Rescue Mission The Union Rescue Mission (URM) is a private, Christian, homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles's skid row. It is the largest, private, homeless shelter in the United States. . The mothers were praised for their efforts to be good parents despite discouraging situations. A Mother's Day forest took root atop Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. , where the TreePeople organization planted 200 California oak and walnut seedlings to honor mothers everywhere. And in Hollywood, Def Jam Records and 92.3 The Beat radio co-sponsored their annual Mother's Day brunch for single moms, who were treated to a performance by Def Jam recording artist Montell Jordan Montell Du'Sean Jordan (born December 3 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. Jordan was the second R&B artist signed to the Def Jam label (following Oran "Juice" Jones) and became the main male artist on its Def Soul imprint . CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1 -- color) Denise Oppenheimer, 24, teaches her grandmother, Ethel Tobin, 95, a new dance at the Jewish Home for the Aging on Sunday. (2 -- color) Rebecca Rothberg, 9, winner of an essay contest about mothers, gets a hug from the one who inspired her - her own mom, Deborah. (3 -- color) Surrounded by gifts from her children and grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. , Beatrice Lowenthal waves to a friend at a Mother's Day party. (4 -- color) Mina Rennert, 90, joins with singer Zione Zadoch in a tribute to other mothers - and herself - Sunday. Myung J. Chun/Daily News |
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