HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother’s to ALL the Mothers out there. Animal mothers, step mothers, biological mothers, women who stepped up as a mother figure, and so on. Many of us may have issues with our moms. We all go through rough patches that may strain on our relationships with our moms. A lot of times we take our moms for granted.

As our mom’s children we didn’t understand why mom was always so strict and would “never lets us do anything fun”. As kids we thought mom was being “unfair” and the “meanest mom ever”, right? Well, I know I did.

What we fail to understand is the reasoning behind the “meanest mom ever”. Why would mom not let us have fun? Why wouldn’t she let us eat dessert first? Why didn’t she let us do what we wanted? We never understood these things until we became mothers ourselves.

No, I am not a mom. But I am a cat mom. Same thing, right? Ok, maybe not. But that doesn’t erase the fact the gratitude and the appreciation I have towards my mom is there. My mom is an amazing woman. With my mental illness, bullying, and issues I went through as a child she was my rock. Even if I didn’t want her to be at the time. Man was I stubborn. I’ve called my mom so many names when I was an adolescent. Although, I think many, if not all of us, have done that as kids. I’m sure a lot of us STILL do that. We all go through ups and downs with our moms. Was your mom still there when you treated her like a big bag of poo? Ever wondered why?

I’m not saying all moms are like this. There are some moms that could use some mom lessons if you know what I mean. Moms are what I call “super heroes”. Roles of mom hood are as follows: cook, housekeeper, cleaner, babysitter, protector, warrior, chauffer, therapist, teacher, and so on. See, moms are super heroes. And a lot of moms have a career on top of all that. And yet they still manage to love us unconditionally and be there at 3am when we get home from a party drunk and still give us aspirin and a glass of water to help with hang overs. Just so they can yell at us the next day about the responsibility of drinking.

Of ALL the lectures mom gives us; we grew up learning new things. We grew up learning right from wrong. We grew up to be amazing people. We all have lived through different experiences in life. We all had different childhoods. Each person is different. Each mom is different. How they raise their children is based on what they think is the right way to raise them. We may have been very angry with our moms in our younger years, but we grew up to be FABULOUS! We grew up to be who we are. We grew up to make our mothers proud. Even if they don’t show it or say it. Even if they are so hard on us and makes our lives miserable at times. They mean well and want the best for us.

This is why we shouldn’t take our mothers for granted. We put them through a lot. We are the cause of their grey hairs. Well at least my mom’s grey is caused by little old’ me. Without our moms. Where would we be? WHO would we be? Tell your mom you love her. Tell her you appreciate her. Tell her you are proud to have her as a mother. Even if you are angry or fighting with her. Who knows. You may not get another chance. Tell her NOW. You’ll regret not telling her if you lose that chance. LOVE YOU MOMS! HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!