Hallmark Holidays

Mother's day is one of the most commercially successful US holidays. And, judging by my acquaintance, I'm not surprised. What a fuss! I dread going to church on Mother's Day. First one has to sit through the sermon on mothers. That "God Made Mothers" poem is enough to send me screaming out of the building. And what about the women there who want to be mothers but aren't? Or people whose mothers treated them like dirt? Then I have to figure out how to respond to folks who want to know what we're doing for Mother's Day. Do I tell them that we don't celebrate it, or just say something like "I plan to have a nap" and let them think that's a special Mother's Day treat for me? It's easy enough to make a pithy comment to a nodding acquaintance, but that doesn't work on folk who want more details. But, if I tell them all the reasons I don't go in for celebrating Mother's Day, they think it means I think less of them for celebrating it. I don't care if other people celebrate it, I just don't want to.

My theory is that you let Mom know you love her year around, always being a help. Then you don't have to feel like you need to be sure she gets the message on Mother's Day. I'll wager most Moms would prefer that to the once a year celebration.

But, maybe you're not buying it, and you're feeling sorry for my mother about now? Where do you think I learned to think this way about Hallmark Holidays? I am my mother's daughter!

Hallmark Holidays