The trucking companies are also tacking on extra charges to us for their increased gas expenses. So, there is going to wind up being some pass-through to consumers — unless [gas] prices go back down. But that doesn't seem likely.

Who defines us: Our employers or ourselves?

You can't charge more for flowers when the guy across the street isn't raising his prices over the extra cost [of gas]. Sometimes, you wind up having to eat that cost.

Today, we estimate that the true cost of those deliveries is now at least $10 to $11. I sent out a notice today to our 300 members, noting that the profitability in this climate doesn't even begin unless they charge that amount for delivery.

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

In our house, Mother's Day is every day. Father's Day, too. In our house, parents count. They do important work and that work matters. One day just doesn't cut for us.