Just another Hallmark holiday.....no......

I love all holiday's.  And today is Mother's Day, and I greatly enjoy relaxing with my family and just thinking about my own mother, grandmothers, and great-grandmother's who have come before.  I didn't know one of my grandmother's at all.  She died when I was 2 mo's old.  I often wonder what she was like, and how she was as a mother.  I hear stories that she was a kind and caring woman.  My own mother is a good mom to me, and a very good grandmother to her 2 grandchildren.  They love Grandma Sandy and she teaches them so much that I never can. 

I also think about how as a mother I can improve, listen, discipline, praise, etc....to teach my kids life lessons. 

I hope in the end I'm doing a good job......only time will tell. 

Call your mom, grandmother, Aunt, friend, etc....today and tell them what a good job they are doing.  Send them flowers, make them a card, send them a short text or email.  Just to  know that you think about them.  Why do we need a special day like this.....I think it's to remind us not to take our family for granted.  These mothers gave us.........life.  Pretty damn important! 

My children made me hand made gifts that treasure more than anything they could have purchased for me.  Pictures of their tiny handprints, or a handmade book that my daughter made telling me why she loves me.  Should it take a "holiday" to spur this, but in this busy crazy life we live maybe it is best to stop for a moment on Sunday and take it all in.  It's okay to spoil our mom's with little gifts and cards on this day to show them they are special and that those 24 hours of laboring to bring you into this world.....yeah maybe it was worth it!! And you did turn out okay :) 

Some days.....it feels like such a routine and you are spinning your wheels ready to pull your hair out if you yell "no" one last time, but at the end of the day when you cuddle with your young babies or they say something very tender and sweet, that's all I need......(and for them to go to bed on time with no hassle :)  Kidding, but it does help this worn out mama!!