Thinking about Mother’s Day

Thinking about Mother’s Day

by: Just a mom

So today my sister asked me what I was doing for mother’s day this year. Mother’s Day is one of those days that deep down you really want to be special but it’s  just another day. We should be honoring the work of moms every day right? When my kids were younger we would get dressed up and go to a fancy brunch. But as the kids get older, the job of motherhood becomes more demanding. Yes I said it more demanding. Seems impossible when you are eating, sleeping, breathing baby, but it is demanding in a different way.

So for Mother’s Day this year, I told my sister I was doing what I’ve been doing for the past 5 years, going from one sporting event to the next. I tried to fight it in the beginning, thinking men must be creating the sports schedules, who else would have sports on Mother’s Day. Then I tried embracing it and getting together with friends for a BBQ after a baseball game. Now, well, it’s just too busy. We have 3 games on Mother’s Day this year and we have to try and squeeze in the other Sunday obligations. So I guess I’m hoping for a cup of coffee in bed before we head out onto the playing fields. But, as I took a sip of wine I smiled at my sister and told her simply, I’m doing what a mother does on Mother’s Day.