Mother's Day Weekend

I'm going to be perfectly honest...Mother's Day is not my favorite holiday.  During the years when Andrew and I were frustrated that we weren't yet parents, it just served to be a reminder that it hadn't happened yet.  And after becoming a mother, I've always felt that my efforts to celebrate the day with my mother are completely inadequate.  I also get wrapped up in the Hallmark version of the holiday where the day is supposed to be about me and I'm irritated that I still have to take care of so many things on "my" day, which is a completely selfish thought.  And yet, because there are these gorgeous images of perfect a Mother's Day so readily available, not only do I feel inadequate as a daughter because I don't do these things, but I feel completely inadequate as a mother because my children/husband don't do these things for me.  Strangely enough, any other day I am perfectly content to just be "mom" and not worry about the small stuff, or how it's supposed to look to others.  I am going to try very hard to remember next year that the day is a blessing, and to just be grateful for all of the blessings!