I've been a mother for 23 years come September. And I can tell you that it hasn't been enough. I've been bemoaning my rather "dormant" status for a few years now. Beloved, a grown person, has grand plans for the future, and they unfortunately have very little to do with his parents. **sigh.**
Mother's Day - My vision.
The sun streams through the window and illuminates the ivory satin sheets on my bed. The smell of coffee and bacon wafts under the bedroom door which serves to rouse me further. The sounds of breakfast are coming from the kitchen. I hear my husband's voice kidding with the kids (I wanted three) as they make breakfast makes me smile.
Soon everyone is in the room showering me with kisses and lots of "I love you mommy" hugs. After breakfast we laze in bed together talking and deciding what we will do to commemorate this wonderful day. I look forward to a Sunday where I get to do and enjoy whatever I want.
I'm running through a field of wildflowers with my children. A picnic lunch is set up ahead in a clearing under a tree. Ice cream will be involved at one point.......
Screeeeeeeech! Snap! Flip, flip, flip. Stop the film. Editing! **sigh**
Ladies and gentleman I am what you would call a third mother. In a family dominated by strong women and a few weak ones, a mater hierarchy has been established.
Numero Uno - My Mom.
Deux - My Mother In Law
Third - Me.
Mother's Day is a Sunday like any other. Take my Mom to church. Run home pick up hubby and child and return to my Mom's for loving big family get together to honor our mother, then off to my mother in law's (an hour drive) to honor her motherhood. A very long day.
In the past, I have warned both these women that one Mother's Day, I will stay home all day to celebrate my motherhood. But it was a bluff. I never did it. I no longer care about my position on the mother totem pole.
Numero Uno and Deux are getting up there in age and the Mother's Days with both of them are becoming more and more dear to me. So off I go to buy a corsage for mom to wear for church and a miniature rose plant for my MIL. Have a great day you mothers.
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Whew! At least am only second in line!
My mother, sadly, has been gone for 14 years, and my MIL is very low maintenance - very happy with a card and a phone call, so I've been #1 Mom for years.
Now, though, I'm #1 Grandma, and this year am enjoying some of the privilege your mother and MIL have been for years. My step-daughter has to work this mother's day (she's a server in an upscale restaurant doing a "Mother's Day Brunch"), so I get to spend the day with my camera, my grandson and the Cincinnati Zoo.
MY idea of good. Oh, yeah.
Jan from the Sushi Bar
I really admire your attitude in this. Many women would be really bitter and angry and resentful that they had to come second or third (as usual). Good for you for appreciating the other mothers in your life. I do hope you have some time to relax, though!
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