Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
I don't really want to talk about Mother's Day because these special days set aside to celebrate a certain person or loved on in our lives are difficult for me. I just think they create pressure and uncertainty on everyone and create the exact emotions that are contrary to the idea of the day. The gestures/words/gifts expressed to an important person in our lives should be genuine and flow out of a true feeling, not a day designated to it. Anyway, that is all I will say about that. However, the up side for me is that I get 3 meals today that I don't have to cook. My husband made me pancakes this morning with soy milk, oat bran (all vegan) with blueberries and real maple syrup from a local sugar house. Actually he does this almost every weekend, but today was a Mother's Day special - very delicious AND he cleaned up. For lunch, my daughter will be here and we will just pull together something simple and she will be making some sort of vegan dessert (she is a great baker so I am sure it will be good AND a surprise as to what it will be). For dinner, the 3 of us will be going out to a Mexican restaurant (craving Mexican). The first item in my mouth will be a tortilla chip with guacamole, the 2nd with salsa and many more where they came from. This restaurant offers a vegetable choice in their Mexican standard choices and they can be ordered without the cheese. And, once again, no cooking or clean up. Even though the weather is a little gray and chilly, it is a great way to spend it. Nothing fancy, just the simple pleasures. We will call my mother-in-law later to wish her a Happy Mother's Day - her gift from us this year was not flowers as we usually do, but a restaurant coupon that she can use for takeout food. She will be 90 years old in June and doesn't get out much any more. My own mother has passed away and I miss her very much. She was probably the most loving person on the planet not only to me but to everyone she met. For someone who started this post with a negative on Mother's Day, I sure found a lot to say about today in the rest of the post. Oh well, I guess that's a mother's privilege? :-O


for my mother

M is for the Memories of your beautiful smile
O is for the Once upon a times you read me before bed
T is for the Triangle Toast you made when I was sick
H is for the Happiness you spread even when you were sad
E is for the Empathy you had for all mankind
R is for the Rebel girl you wanted me to be (I am)