Happy Mother’s Day!
Mothers Day
It’s Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day to all you awesome Mom’s out there. You do not have to have given birth to someone to be a Mom. You can just have a connection with someone that you can mother. So no matter how you became a mother, I hope they celebrate you today. The song, Who Runs the World, Girls, just popped into my head. There’s a reason for that!
I want to start by honouring my Mom. My Mom died when I was 12. In that short amount of time, she laid a pretty solid foundation for me. She showed me love most of all. She showed me positive relationships with her marriage to my Dad. She showed me that you have responsibilities and there are consequences for your actions. She taught me to go after what I wanted. She always said I could go out and play in the mud, but I would be wearing a dress. My Mom was a lot more girly-girl than me. I took after my Aunt and was a little more sporty and muddy than my Mom. She tried to teach me to clean up; evidently, she was an excellent house cleaner. I did not get that trait from her. It would drive her bonkers that my room was a disaster.
I have learned over the years that it’s organized chaos, and it’s how I operate. I have gotten better with age, but I’m by no means a neat freak. That gene came from my Dad, and he owns it!
I have learned over the years that no matter if your Mom is here or guiding you from the other side, her love for you shines through in so many different ways. Things just happen in a day, and I know it’s her. When you become a Mom yourself, it can be lonely if you don’t have your Mom, but there are so many people out there to help you. She will bring them to you, don’t worry. If you have lost your Mom, know today, and every day she is cheering you on in your journey. She will help you parent your children, and she sees more than you know.
For all the Step-Moms out there, kudos to you for taking on that role. I know it can’t be easy. I know I wasn’t that easy. So thank you for hanging in there. Kids can be mean, they may not like what is going on, but really we all just want to feel loved.
Mother’s day was always a weird one for me. My love language is quality time, so I always wanted to do something fun with the kids on Mother’s day. I am not a good gift receiver, so that was always hard on my husband. If he bought something I didn’t want, my face gave it away.
I feel like Mother’s day is about your kids showing you a little bit of love and celebrating Moms in whichever capacity they are.
This will be the first year that my Boys will not be around on Mothers Day. They are both off doing their thing. Living their best life. I think that’s what every Mom wants. You want your kids to be happy and confident in what they do. You want them to have success, whatever that looks like for them.
If you can look at your kids and say, I have done a pretty good job giving them their foundation, then today is a day to celebrate you.
Happy Mothers Day!