I hope all you mums had a great day and got to feel appreciated … whether you felt it should come from the child or the child’s father. I have to mention that my child was appropriately prepped and I was presented with the smiling Jolly Jammer with my morning tea. I also got a card with a portrait of me … with an upside down face and about twenty fingers on each hand. With my husband out of commission for the day, I got to spend the whole day playing rugby and football on the beach, followed by cricket at home and my child even left me to read in the sun for an hour while he listened to story CDs and generally entertained himself. As much as I scream about motherhood and mothering, days like these make it all worthwhile.
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Postscript to Mother’s Day
Monday, May 11th, 2009Mother’s Day
Saturday, May 9th, 2009I’d love to be able to tell my mother how grateful I am about the way she brought me up: she taught me what I need to know about bringing up my own child … everything I need to know about how NOT to bring up my own child. This is positive as it brings with it a fresh awareness of my time with my child and a tool to prevent myself from falling in the same parenting traps. Hallmark, however, does not make a card that says these things.
With mothers day tomorrow, there are so many mums stuck in the middle as both mothers and daughters, wondering how to do the appreciating when all they are longing for is a little bit of appreciation themselves. I have discovered the solution … feed a hungry child. You don’t even need to go looking for one; all you need to do is log onto http://wall.wfp.org/ and make a donation … then follow three incredibly easy steps to write a message, upload a photo and post it on the Wall of Hunger. Your mum receives an email with a link to the wall and feels valued. You could give her a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers but both will be gone in a few days; $25 lasts a hungry child 6 months of meals!
The only gift I am expecting is a box of Jolly Jammers. I will of course only get the ones with angry faces because that’s the fate of the disciplinarian: “Here, Mum, this one’s for you because you are always angry.” It kinda sucks but I see his point …
Anyway, happy Mothers’ Day to all of you and here’s hoping for just a small amount of appreciation from the kids … if that fails, don’t forget to truly appreciate yourselves as that most definitely counts for a lot.
