People like to celebrate all sorts of things, today I am publishing my 200th post. Do I celebrate? Eh, sure, why not? On a day like today I feel under-celebrated not being a mother.
I have a dog, Nick, and a cat, Frosty, that I refer to my buddy and my baby, but I'm not really their mom, am I? I mean, I'm not a dog or a cat. But I have adopted these two little boy animals and I see them as my children. Yep, I'm crazy. When Nick is whining at the window when Jared pulls up I tell him "It's just dad." and inform Jared of how much Nick missed his daddy. When it comes time for bed Frosty will sometimes lead me to the bedroom because he knows that's where I belong late at night, but if daddy isn't home Frosty won't lay down with me. Frosty knows both mommy and daddy are supposed to be in bed and he won't join me until Jared climbs in. Too bad these two little guys don't know how to make a mother's day card...
Did you know there is a day called Providers Appreciation Day? It occurs every year on the Friday before Mother's Day. It's for teachers, daycare workers, nannies, and so on and so forth. I was a nanny during 4 of those but never was celebrated then. There's also a week called National Nanny Recognition Week, it's celebrated during the last week of September. It's ok, no one else has ever heard of that one either. Mother's Day might not have been nearly so hard on me during my nannying days if I had known that there was a day (or a week) set aside to celebrate me. I always felt that there should be something to celebrate me on mother's day because I was like a second mom to the kids I nannied for, but I'm sure no one else would see it that way. Oh well...
Is it bad I wish some people would forget about Mother's Day? Especially churches, they always make such a big deal out of it. I don't remember reading about Jesus celebrating Mother's Day, do you? Yeah I know it wasn't around back then, but maybe you get my point. I've heard people tell me "You have a mother's heart." but I feel that's a band-aid fix to try and comfort my lack of motherhood. I don't know. How come we don't celebrate women with a mother's heart though? That would include all the people that are actually mothers and the women that long to be mothers and aunts and nannies and.... How come though? I know, I know, "Honor your mother and father" but it doesn't say to do that on one specific day of the year. And having to be reminded by a date on the calendar to honor your parents doesn't seem nearly so genuine. I don't know, just my view I guess. Suppose I think Mother's Day is something you can celebrate at home if you so choose and the church shouldn't feel they need to celebrate it themselves.
Welp it's that time... Got to finish getting my stuff together to face the Mother's Day church crowd.
Happy 200th post to me!!!! ;)