Today is mother’s day. I have been “celebrated” on this day
for the past 7 years. It took me a six years to learn but I did things
differently this year. I took the day off.
After most Mother’s Days being spent at some over hyped
family outing with the hot sun,relatives that make me anxious and kids that get
hot, hungry and over tired – I said enough. Actually, my lovely husband did it
for me and with a sigh of relief, I said that I too was thinking I should spend
the day on my own. He could take the kids to see his parents, to church, etc… I
could do whatever I wanted. So… I did just that.
It was so nice to not worry about whether the grandma’s were
having a nice time, chasing after kids and not relaxing one bit but having to
say what a lovely meaningful day it was. Instead, I did some shopping though I
bought nothing but lunch. I did witness
plenty of mom’s trying to enjoy a little outing with their kids – forgetting that
kids and antique stores don’t really mix. I just sipped my coffee and browsed
while the poor things had to bark at their kids every 10 seconds to not touch
that, don’t run, no you can’t buy that $200 lamp.
I had two people scoff at the idea that I wanted to spend
Mother’s Day without my family. I love my three children dearly but I get
plenty of quality time every day. It is not often that I get time on my own
where I don’t feel the need to rush home to relieve a sitter or grandma or to
help out my husband. It was nice to have 6 hours to drive around stop here and
there and not once text to make sure all was okay. Don’t get me wrong, it was
hard not to text but I didn’t…well, unless I was texted first.
It also helped that my lovely 5
year old threw a nice tantrum this morning as I tried to do her hair for
church. She made it very easy to push all three of the kids out of the door and
say see you at 5. I suppose that was her
Mother’s Day gift to me.