![Maria Shriver](../../images/power_benefits/pow-03_0908-01.jpg) Maria Shriver
|
![Maria Shriver with brothers Mark (left) and Tim](../../images/power_benefits/pow-03_0908-02.jpg)
Maria Shriver with brothers Mark (left) and Tim |
![Mark Shriver and Paul Rosengard, group president of Perry Ellis](../../images/power_benefits/pow-03_0908-05.jpg)
Mark Shriver and Paul Rosengard, group president
of Perry Ellis |
![Gert Boyle, Deborah Walters and Trudy Sullivan](../../images/power_benefits/pow-03_0908-04.jpg)
Gert Boyle, Deborah Walters and Trudy Sullivan |
![Maria Shriver, Kathy Deggendorfer and Tim Shriver](../../images/power_benefits/pow-03_0908-03.jpg)
Maria Shriver, Kathy Deggendorfer and Tim
Shriver |
![Kathy Deggendorfer, Gert Boyle, Mary and Tim Boyle](../../images/power_benefits/pow-03_0908-06.jpg)
Kathy Deggendorfer, Gert Boyle, Mary and Tim Boyle |
OUTSTANDING MOTHER AWARDS
What Does It Take To Be A Mother?
Story and Photos by Tim Boxer
ARIA SHRIVER, 53, says motherhood is something
that terrified her. She asked hr mother, "How did you raise five
kids who talk to each other?" Her mother said, "The most
important thing you will ever do is to be a mother."
"I always say mothers work 24/7 on the front
lines of humanity," Maria said. "It’s a job that should be
honored on a daily basis."
Maria and four other worthy persons were honored
at the 31st annual outstanding Mother Awards luncheon at the
Pierre Hotel in New York, sponsored by the National Mother’s Day
Committee.
The event benefited Save the Children, a
program that addresses the needs of poverty stricken children,
run by Maria’s brother, Mark Shriver.
Gert Boyle, chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear,
accepted her Mother’s Day award and remarked, "I was a good
mother for the first 20 years – but cooking was not a strong
point."
Mika Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC
and The Joe Scarborough Show on ABC radio, recalled the day,
three years ago, when she was fired from CBS. She told her
children, "Good news. I’m going to be with you more." Their
reaction: "Oh, no, you can’t do that!"
When Trudy Sullivan, president and CEO of The Talbots, Inc., told her daughters she’s going to get an award as
outstanding mother, they asked, "How can you accept without
consulting us first?"
Deborah Walters, senior vice president and
general merchandise manager at Saks Fifth Avenue, also was
honored. She remarked, "It has been said motherhood is the
biggest on-the-job training program."
|