It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.
Honestly, it didn't much matter to me that Marina had forgotten Mother's Day, though I did feel bad on my mother's behalf. As any parent can tell you, what hurts far more than no card on a Hallmark holiday are the casual slights, the eye rolls your child thinks you don't see, the eye rolls your child thinks you don't see, the muttered whatevers, the unasked-for-and-unwanted criticism of your clothing, your speech habits, your existence.