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Mother's Day is the ultimate day for moms to get some respect, pampering and love from husbands and children. Here is a guide to all things Mother's Day, from finding Mother's Day poems and mom quotes to homemade Mother's Day cards and crafts. You can also find some of the best recommendations for Mother's Day gifts. To all the moms out there, Happy Mother's Day.
Ever since I became a mother in 1991, I thought that Mother's Day was all about me. My own mother became an accessory to my big celebration of me.
My mother died in 2006, and I hate that Mother's Day is about me now. I wish I could go back and undo that. Here's a tribute to her that I had the presence of mind to write and give to her for her last Mother's Day.
I spent about two hours on my first Mother’s Day curled up on the floor of our walk-in closet, clutching the baby monitor as I waited for my eight-month-old son to wake up because I couldn’t stand the thought that someone else might hear him crying first. And for most of those two hours, I sobbed. Not just crying, but full-body, heaving sobs. Presumably, what set this off was the fact that my brother came over to help my husband cook dinner before I had cleaned the kitchen. It was the first family celebration I had hosted in our new home, and I was determined for it to be perfect. An untidy kitchen is not perfection. It took several weeks of getting over the incident and a great deal of perspective to realize that my meltdown that day had nothing to do with kitchens or family celebrations. It had everything to do with my stepson.
The position of 'motherhood' is the oldest occupation in the history of mankind. It is the "mother" of occupations, if you will. Mothers have been given the job of carrying, delivering and nurturing the next life. In most cases, it is the mother that is responsible for protection, nourishment and guidance.
“You’ll understand better when you’re a mom”. Did you ever hear that before having a baby? If you are planning to get pregnant, are you hearing that now? Does it bother you? I used to get so frustrated hearing moms say that to me. I'd feel somehow offended, thinking "What - I'm able to love like you, why does having a baby have to make everything so different?”
Mother's Day is supposed to be a beautiful day to celebrate all the mother's out there. It's a time of reflection on the opportunities of raising children. Unfortunately, there are many out there that do not share this day as a happy and beautiful day. It's not a time of sending flowers, cards, dressing up, and fancy dinners. Instead it brings painful reminders of something that once was but now is lost.
Spring is in the air! This means that for several of our pre school and school aged children are getting ready for Open House at school. This night is a special night that happens only once a year!
If you are looking for a unique Mother’s Day gift this year, your Mother (or Wife) is bound to flip for the new Flip Video Camcorder, the Number 1 Flash Memory Camcorder on Amazon.If you haven’t gotten yourself a Flip Video Camcorder, start dropping hints to your kids and your spouse that you want one for Mother’s Day this year. (The pink or orange are great colors for Mom).
Let’s take a look at why your Mom is going to Flip when you get her the Flip Video Camcorder.
Every year for Mother’s Day (and Christmas, and Valentines Day, etc) I see at least a half a dozen commercials a day for beautiful and uber expensive diamond jewelry advertised as a gift for the special woman in your life. The problem is, I don’t know very many families who can afford to shell out hundreds or thousands of dollars on a holiday gift. Still, most moms I know love jewelry, so here are six jewelry gift ideas for the moms in your life that won’t break the bank.
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