Do I really mean that Mother’s Day is meaningless? Yes I do, under certain circumstances.
It is meaningless to make a fuss over your mother and celebrate Mother’s Day with a special lunch or dinner and gift of you don’t show her the rest of the year that she is important to you. If you treat her as someone who is there to pick up after you and look after your needs but never stop to think about her and how she is feeling then, why be a hypocrite and celebrate Mother’s Day?
The same could be said about husbands who make a fuss of their wives on Mother’s Day, something I have never understood. She’s not his mother. But that‘s a whole other story.
Mother’s Day is meaningful if the family celebrates it and honors their mother in a special day, but only if that is evident in the way they speak to her, about her and show their love and appreciation in the things they do during the rest of the year. It is pointless buying a card that has a flowery verse saying all the right things if you don’t mean them.
For some people that may be hard because their mothers have not been all the positive things that Mother’s Day cards tell us mothers are or should be. However one thing, you can always be thankful for is that your mother gave you life.
I was blessed. I had a mother that I loved dearly. She died many years ago but I still miss her. True, it is often more poignant around Mother’s Day but there are other times I miss her as well. As I look at my own family and their children I think how much she would have loved to see her grandchildren grown up and what also would have been her great grand children.
For those of you who have your mothers still on earth with you, I hope that you will show them how much you care, not just on Mother’s Day but throughout the year. Otherwise Mother’s Day is meaningless.
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