Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day this Sunday to all my readers (You know, all 2 of you!). Unless you're a man. You've got another month until your day. So, Happy Mother's Day to all my female readers. Those with children and those without. I agree with what Patricia Holland said of Mothers:

"As I tenderly acknowledge the very real pain that many single women, or married women who have not borne children, feel about any discussion of motherhood, could we consider this one possibility about our eternal female identity—our unity in our diversity? Eve was given the identity of “the mother of all living”—years, decades, perhaps centuries before she ever bore a child. It would appear that her motherhood preceded her maternity, just as surely as the perfection of the Garden preceded the struggles of mortality. I believe mother is one of those very carefully chosen words, one of those rich words—with meaning after meaning after meaning. We must not, at all costs, let that word divide us. I believe with all my heart that it is first and foremost a statement about our nature, not a head count of our children."

Onto the gift. Ahhh, the Mother's Day gift. My mother is luckily VERY easy to give gifts to, but my mother-in-law....... well lets just say she's a little less easy. But I'm pleased to say that we successfully gave our Mother's Days presents to both Moms and they were both a hit. My Mom got a Subway giftcard (maybe the Subway addiction is genetic!). My mother-in-law got new crocs and a beautiful beach towel for her boating trip to Belize. (Thanks Jesse & Brooke for going in on it with us!)

As for me, I have requested no gift. I think in a few years when my kids get older I will start a tradition of them going up into the mountains with Dad and picking a bouquet of wildflowers for me. I mean really, they already will have to find Christmas and Birthday presents, do they really need to do more? And as romantic as my husband is, I can never get over the fact that he's spending OUR money on my gift. I always think, "Did we even have money for this. I mean we already spent our gift budget on our Moms." So Dave is pretty good about writing a really sweet note and letting me take a nice long bath. I hope he honors my request of no gift this year. The thing with Dave is he buys me whatever I want, whenever I want it, so there's really nothing left that I need when holidays come around.

So Happy Mother's Day to all! I wish you all long baths, no dishes, backrubs, breakfast in bed, and whatever other wonderful things you or your husband can dream up.