Mother and Children Stationery

After Tenno had become a Zen master, he visited the famous master Nan-in. When Nan-in asked him whether he had placed his umbrella to the left or to the right of his shoes (it was a rainy day), Tenno did not know the answer. So Tenno became Nan-in's apprentice and continued his studies.
Why I am telling this story? I love the provocatively challenging Zen stories, of course. And I think mothers, Mother's Day and this stationery can only profit from the awareness Tenno is after:
›› The ideal happy Mother's Day idyll is possible — minus "ideal" and minus "idyll", they're in the way of happiness. Happy Mother's Day! (Outlook, Outlook Express)