About 6 years ago, I frequented a website for couponers and deal-finders, but it was also a great place to go to ask questions about just about anything. There was always interesting conversations going and I spent time every day on there, reading and sometimes commenting. One day right before Mother's Day a bunch of ladies were talking about how disappointing their Mother's Day always was. Their husbands didn't pamper them enough, their gifts were not what they wanted, and on and on. Not all the comments were so negative, but the ones that were, impacted me and I found myself thinking Mother's Day SHOULD be a day where I get a break. Just a little one, perhaps?? At the time, we had three little ones, very close in age. Sasha was 3 1\2 when Addie was born and Seth was 16 months old. It was a busy time! :) We still needed to attend church on Mother's Day, I still needed to get them ready. Get them dressed. Pack their snacks. I still needed to help Will care for them the rest of the day, that day. The snacks, the diaper changes, the meals, the sippy cups of milk, if you please. I remember going to bed that night feeling like my Mother's Day was just like any other. I didn't get a break. I was disappointed.
Not long after that we entered into some very trying and hearbreaking times as we tried for 5 years to add to our family. So many things changed for me during that time, including how I feel about Mother's Day and what I expect from it. I came to realize that it is not really a day for me to have a break. It is not practical for me, with small kids to expect that. Instead I view it as a day to rejoice in that fact that I am a mother, and that I have been given 5 beautiful kids. It is a day to love and appreciate my own mother. Someday, when my kids are older and don't need me so much, my Mother's Day might be different. I may just put my feet up and let them cook me dinner and let them clean it all up. Some chicken on the barbie.....corn on the cob.......a nice salad.......a big chocolate cake with tons of frosting......ya, that is what I want! But for now, I will take care of them just like I do every other day and be thankful that I get to.
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I just love everything you wrote about Mother's Day and I agree with you completely :)
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