The Queen's Chair: Happy (Early) Mother's Day
Mother's Day is three days away. Have you purchased or made your gift, yet? Are you serving mom breakfast in bed? At this time of the year, Hallmark sells over 160 million cards a year. That averages to about 1.7 million cards a piece for mothers. Most children buy their moms carnations. A red one: if she is alive and a white one: if she is deceased.
Recently, two dear friends of mine lost their moms on the same day. My male college friend's mom passed away after a pacemaker failed to keep her heart beating. She was in her late 80s. The other friend, who had just retired, lost her mom who peacefully passed away in her sleep. My thoughts, prayers, and love still go out to them.
As a mom, I enjoy spending time with my growing family. Our tradition is to go to our favorite neighborhood restaurant, The Winfield Grill, where the staff knows us and have watch the girls grow up literally before their eyes. They remember me from my first-Mother-to be-Day, when I was trying to figure out if I was having a boy or a girl. My bowling teammates called this one immediately. They all said "girl."
As the girls grew older, I enjoyed all the "homemade" mommy gifts (like flower pots, photo collages, plaques..etc) and still have many of them in my house, on the wall, or in my bedroom. I LOVE this stuff.
I don't really care about the material stuff associated with the Hallmark holiday, but just enjoy the time with them because things will change soon enough as they get even older.
What I'm really trying to say is if your mom is still living, spend time with her. You'll cherish those memories. I never really "got" my mom, until I became one and kinda walked in her shoes. She was to serious when I was kid. I never saw her "funny" side. My daughters's have seen that of me and more.
If you and your mom don't have a good relationship, put aside your differences this coming Sunday. Grudges solve nothing. I know two people right now who wish their moms were here. Remember, time waits for no one.
By the way, Happy Mother's Day.
Recently, two dear friends of mine lost their moms on the same day. My male college friend's mom passed away after a pacemaker failed to keep her heart beating. She was in her late 80s. The other friend, who had just retired, lost her mom who peacefully passed away in her sleep. My thoughts, prayers, and love still go out to them.
As a mom, I enjoy spending time with my growing family. Our tradition is to go to our favorite neighborhood restaurant, The Winfield Grill, where the staff knows us and have watch the girls grow up literally before their eyes. They remember me from my first-Mother-to be-Day, when I was trying to figure out if I was having a boy or a girl. My bowling teammates called this one immediately. They all said "girl."
As the girls grew older, I enjoyed all the "homemade" mommy gifts (like flower pots, photo collages, plaques..etc) and still have many of them in my house, on the wall, or in my bedroom. I LOVE this stuff.
I don't really care about the material stuff associated with the Hallmark holiday, but just enjoy the time with them because things will change soon enough as they get even older.
What I'm really trying to say is if your mom is still living, spend time with her. You'll cherish those memories. I never really "got" my mom, until I became one and kinda walked in her shoes. She was to serious when I was kid. I never saw her "funny" side. My daughters's have seen that of me and more.
If you and your mom don't have a good relationship, put aside your differences this coming Sunday. Grudges solve nothing. I know two people right now who wish their moms were here. Remember, time waits for no one.
By the way, Happy Mother's Day.
Thanks for the great blog as usual Marsha! Time really waits for no one and we should appreciate our Mothers while they are here with us.