I can think of a million reasons not to do this and only a few reasons to press on. In an effort to try new things I am giving blogging a go. Hopefully this will end up more a journal, than anything else.
Today is Mother's Day, my most dreaded day of the year. I get an awkward feeling when someone says Happy Mother's Day to me. I'm not sure what my answer should really be to that. Are they asking me "if" I' m happy today? Are they telling me I am good at being a Mother? Are they insinuating that because I am a Mother; today will be ten times better than yesterday was. For me it is a pressure filled day of mixed emotions. I would like to know who voted for it to be on a Sunday anyway ! For those of us who go to church on Sunday, we never get to go to a cool Mother's Day Brunch at a fancy hotel. What we do get to do is listen to several talks of saintly mothers over the pulpit. They make me think only of ALL my short comings as a wife and mother.
I think there are actually several times a week, month , year that I feel special in the sight of my family. These moments mean so much more to me when I pick them out randomly and say " Today was the best Mothers Day ever". They are personal and private to me and I am grateful for ever moment I have spent as a Mother.
Today is Mother's Day, my most dreaded day of the year. I get an awkward feeling when someone says Happy Mother's Day to me. I'm not sure what my answer should really be to that. Are they asking me "if" I' m happy today? Are they telling me I am good at being a Mother? Are they insinuating that because I am a Mother; today will be ten times better than yesterday was. For me it is a pressure filled day of mixed emotions. I would like to know who voted for it to be on a Sunday anyway ! For those of us who go to church on Sunday, we never get to go to a cool Mother's Day Brunch at a fancy hotel. What we do get to do is listen to several talks of saintly mothers over the pulpit. They make me think only of ALL my short comings as a wife and mother.
I think there are actually several times a week, month , year that I feel special in the sight of my family. These moments mean so much more to me when I pick them out randomly and say " Today was the best Mothers Day ever". They are personal and private to me and I am grateful for ever moment I have spent as a Mother.
