mom2rtk
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Labor Day is my favorite holiday because it's so low key.
LOL, I've said that for YEARS! It's the only "no obligation" holiday. I look forward to every year!
Labor Day is my favorite holiday because it's so low key.
Love this ^ and I totally agree! I enjoy doing things for other people that I know will delight them and I definitely appreciate having thoughtful things done for me. It's part of what makes my world go around and I actually find it "handy" to have a day designated for it. This will be my first Mother's Day where the focus is between my DS and me after decades of putting DH's and my mothers first (they are both gone now ). I'm looking forward to getting my turn as it represents the "normal order of things" in our family culture.I don't have a problem with it, but I don't think it needs to be a huge deal.
Theoretically, mothers should be appreciated every day. Realistically, they are often overlooked and taken for grated. I don't think it hurts to have a day to remind children (and significant others) how important they are. Same with Father's Day.
I'm not a mom so my opinion doesn't mean much lol...
But I like mother's day. It's usually just very simply my mom and I having lunch/dinner with my grandma. I think it's gotten to be a better holiday now that I'm an adult because I know what my mom would rather have as a gift than a card. Like I can fix something around the house or take her shopping or to the movie she really wants to go to. I might feel differently about mother's day when I'm married though hah.
It's not just mother's day. My mom and I are super close, so I see her all the time. But I make a point of setting this day aside and making sure I spend time with my mom and gramma instead of going out with friends and doing what I want to do. And I like to remind her that she's the best mom in the world. Cause no I don't do that every day... it's an amazing kid who does.But you can do this any day of the year, why does it just have to be mothers day????
On my side of the family, we have/had 6 birthdays in the first week of May (Dad, Mom, sister, grandmother, BIL, daughter). What's one more day?It seems like it has gotten more and more commercialized and out of control over the years, just like everything else I guess. When I was a kid we'd make homemade presents for my mom and grandmother, and once I got old enough I cooked dinner for them and my brother did the dishes/cleanup. I don't remember my mom ever doing anything in particular for my grandmother beyond a card. Now, though, it seems like the expectation is much higher - not just cards or token gifts but real presents, meals out, etc. And with that change in expectations the day has become much more about moms with adult kids who can take Mom out for brunch/dinner and buy expensive gifts than about Moms with young children.
ETA: The craziness of our Mays probably makes me less willing to enjoy an all-out Mother's Day too, though. My mother, husband, sister-in-law and myself all have May birthdays, so it seems like every time we turn around we're celebrating something when I'd really rather just have my Sundays free to putter in the garden or something!
It seems like it has gotten more and more commercialized and out of control over the years, just like everything else I guess. When I was a kid we'd make homemade presents for my mom and grandmother, and once I got old enough I cooked dinner for them and my brother did the dishes/cleanup. I don't remember my mom ever doing anything in particular for my grandmother beyond a card. Now, though, it seems like the expectation is much higher - not just cards or token gifts but real presents, meals out, etc. And with that change in expectations the day has become much more about moms with adult kids who can take Mom out for brunch/dinner and buy expensive gifts than about Moms with young children.