Mother’s Day was a very difficult day for me up until a couple of years ago. Having lost my sweet mom to cancer 4 years ago, the first few years without her meant that Mother’s Day was yet another day to be painfully reminded of her absence. And it sucked. A lot. But then my baby boy was born in 2011, and that year Mother’s Day was sweet again, in a whole new way (although the pain of not being able to celebrate with my own mom will always be there). This year will be just that much sweeter now that I have TWO babies to call me mama! I can’t even believe it some days- there are two sweet precious souls that I have brought into this world! Pinch me, please.
Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate Mom. It’s a day to make her feel special and loved. Sure, gifts and pretty little things are a lovely way to do that, but the real way to make her feel special, I think, is to just show her how loved and important she is. Make her breakfast, pick her a flower, tell her she’s beautiful and how much she means to you and shower her with hugs and kisses all day long. That’s all I want for Mother’s Day. Just to spend time with my people, with those who call me mama and also my hubby without whom I wouldn’t be a mama!
This Mother’s Day, I fully intend to make it my day. I am selfless every single day of the year, so I think I’m allowed to be a liiiiitle bit selfish (in a good way of course!) on Mother’s Day. ;) My plans to make it a picture-perfect day? Breakfast in bed with my family. A mimosa. A long soak in the bath. A walk outside. A delicious dinner. Some Downton Abbey. It’s bound to be a good day.
I feel so blessed to be able to look forward to Mother’s Day again. I have so much to be thankful for this year, and can’t wait to spend the day with my favorite people, celebrating me!
xo
I will be having lunch and a movie date with my mom, then window shopping :)
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I’ll be spending Mother’s Day with my 4 month old baby girl and my hubby :)
We’ll be taking my 97 year old Aunt out for brunch. She’s like a Mom and Grandma to my family and I. Thanks so much.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/728746930071801856
I will spend mother’s day having brunch with my MIL and my kids. what a blessing!
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Happy your kids changed Mothers Day for you again! We will be spending mothers day with my mom at the park for our traditional meet up! :)
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I will spend Mother’s Day with my mom and take her out to dinner. truckredford(at)gmail(dot)com
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I will spend my Mother’s Day at home with the family.
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I’m taking my mother and daughter to a flower show and out to lunch (or they’re taking me, depends on how you look at it!).
My day will be pretty quiet. My son has already filled my planters with my favorite spring flowers and now he is making breakfast for me. My mom passed away a few years ago so I will take out the photo albums and look at my favorite pictures of her.
Spending the day with mom and taking her out to her favorite restaurant.
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We went to church, lunch and then had time at home! Lovely!
I spent my mother’s day being pampered by my daughter.
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I will spend it surrounded by my family!
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we went out for a nice dinner.
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I spent the day at home and had my family cook for me.
I took my mom out to dinner.
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Mother’s Day already passed and we spent it with family and went out to brunch buffet at a hotel.
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i posted a tweet here:
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I spent mother’s day with my family. We had brunch then we went to visit my cousin and her two kids. We spent time at the park and then we are a nice dinner together.
The Denver Botanic Gardens has a Mother’s Day tea which is very nice.
Thanks for the contest.
https://twitter.com/slehan/status/729938615673880576
I spent mother’s day watching my hubby plant herbs and flowers for me! It was so nice and relaxing and now it is just gorgeous! :-D
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/730026636020723712
I spent Mothers Day with my family. We went out to a nice dinner.
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