Tomorrow is the day that we set aside to honor mothers. Mother's Day, for reasons that I won't go into, is not a day that I particularly enjoy. Mother's Day for about the past 17 years has been difficult for me. (remember I have a mother with Alzheimer's, that we have been dealing with on some level for at least 15 years) Last year early on Mother's Day morning Dumbass called to wish me happy mother's day. Bless that boy's heart, sometimes he really does catch me at my worst. Instead of thanking him and telling him that I appreciated it, I just kinda morphed into a real bitch and told him if he knew how I felt about mother's day he could have saved himself the time and phone call. Of course then I had to apologize and tell him thank you for thinking of me. I am making a concentrated effort this year that any time someone wishes me happy mother's day to politely smile and say thank you. He did tell me that I should not feel that way because I have a wonderful daughter to spend mother's day with. Which leads me into the meat of today's post. (All of ya'll should know by now there is no short version when I start telling something.)
I am thankful that I have a relationship with my daughter that does not require a special day to celebrate. I commented to someone that the relationship that we have is close enough, comfortable enough, and special enough that as far as my relationship with her, Mother's day is just another day. As I am going to be out of town for much of mother's day we were going out to eat dinner last night to do our "mother's day thing". I called her yesterday morning and asked if she and the boys just wanted to come to the house and hang out. We had an assortment of finger foods for supper, watched Duck Dynasty and Big Bang Theory on DVR and just enjoyed being together. I truly am thankful to have such a special relationship with her that does not require a day to be set aside to commemorate it. As I write this I know that is not the case for everyone and my heart goes out to you because I can empathize. So with all that being said, Happy Mother's Day.
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