Every year it happens on the second Sunday in the month of May, a Hallmark holiday perhaps, but as a mom, a day I look forward to and hold on to for weeks afterwards. As it’s on this one day a year that everyone has permission, maybe even an obligation, to acknowledge their mothers, the birth mothers and the “adopted” mothers and mentors who make such an important difference in our lives. I was really lucky to have an amazing mother who was intrepid, independent, a positive life force, beautiful inside and out, oozing with style and substance. Had she been born in a different era, she certainly would have been a CEO! Her closest friends became my second, third and fourth moms, all wonderful engaging fabulous women who, like my birth mother, were smart, beautiful, independent and interesting women. I was so blessed to develop my own relationships as an adult with each of her closest friends in addition to having her advice and support to fall on for so many years.
And now I am that generation..my mother has been gone more than a decade now and two of her closest friends are also gone, and two remain. I try my best to stay in touch with those two as I truly love them and enjoy their company as well as their stories. For me, I love that my husband makes such an effort to recognize me in my role as a mother for our two incredible children, and of course, I love that my daughter and my son make a point of sending me a card/an email/ some sort of communication expressing their gratitude and appreciation to me. I have saved every one of their notes and I reread them frequently as there simply is no better joy than knowing that my family believes in me. We all know that being a parent is hard and can be exhausting. My mom used to say “little kids have little problems; big kids have big problems. You are always a mother regardless of their age.” So true…as is the adage, the days are long the years are short, when the children are little. I still remember being so exhausted and yet always so so happy that I was lucky enough to be a mother, let alone a mother with a supportive husband and two truly amazing kids.
I know I am lucky and blessed and so full of gratitude to my husband, daughter and son for all their love and support year round, and thank you Hallmark for creating a day to celebrate all the moms!
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