My mother didn't celebrate Mother's Day.
True story.
I was in school one day and the teacher asked me when Mothers' Day was, and I told her I didn't know, because my mother said:"Kid, if you can only put out for me one day of the year, forget it.."
And she dragged me down to the office and had the principal call her up and my Mom said;"I'm glad he remembered the phrase 'put out'..that shows he pays attention to the proper quote and will be a good writer some day because he can recall exactly the words used that will lend color to his copy."
Then she hung up.
I dug that...