Mother’s Day is May 10th, and it is a day to honor our mothers! Many will receive flowers from their adoring children and gifts. Dad will take her out to dinner. But, not all mothers will be celebrated.
There are so many kinds of mothers, and we need to be sensitive to them all. Some women could not have children, and this day only reminds them of that. Others have had their babies or older children die. No flowers for them.
Some of us women do not have our own mothers living anymore. We miss their company and encouragement. Their shoulder and hugs are no longer there to cry on. Others as myself, have lost their mothers-in-law as well. I really miss the annual dinners my mom, daughter, and I had at Menz every Mother’s Day. My daughter is grown up now with a family of her own.
I also have a birth mother that I have met. We are on good terms, and I sent her a card. I don’t feel like I am really part of her family now, but I am really thankful to have met her.
Don’t forget to celebrate all those foster mothers and adoption mothers. They work just as hard to make a good life for their children. There are grandmoms taking on the job of caring for their grandchildren. This isn’t easy for them. What about all the single moms? Where are their dinners and flowers?
There are so many empty nest moms with empty homes, wishing for the noise of children playing again. We really miss our children. We used to say we couldn’t wait till they grow up, now we wish we would have taken more time to cherish each child and each moment. Good and bad.
What about all the elderly moms in the nursing home? They are hoping to see their children and grandchildren. Please don’t forget them! The list goes on and on……
I am in many categories. My mother and mother-in-law are passed. My own child has passed. My two remaining children have families of their own that want to celebrate their own Mother’s Day, as they should. I am the empty nester.
I miss my mom, grandmom, mother-in-law, son. Mother’s Day is bittersweet. But I know that sometime this weekend I will be blessed by seeing my two children and 8 grandchildren. I don’t need flowers or dinner, just a few hugs from the kids.
Please pray for the moms that don’t know what this Mother’s Day will bring. They may have no one to celebrate them. Let us show them the love of God. They are so very important! God bless
Happy Mother’s Day
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