Maybe it is overrated. It was cute when the kids were small. They bring home cute little crafts with their picture or handprint on them. Make breakfasts of undercocked (lol...typo intentional!) eggs, burnt toast, and watery coffee, leaving a HUGE mess in the kitchen, want to draw (or OMG THE MESS! Paint) you more pictures to add to the hundreds you can't bring yourself to weed out. But AHHHH the memories. Today, as the kids all went in different directions, i remembered those Mother's Days when all I wanted was a day alone in the bathroom! Glad I didn't spend them that way!
This was just your first. Enjoy them as they come. Honor yourself and all you put into mothering. I think the day is more about giving kids the opportunity to show appreciation and be grateful for you than about you feeling appreciated. Do I sound down on the day? I am not! I just released any expectations ages ago and enjoy what comes.
"If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!" 1st thread
