Did your Mother's Day live up to your expectations? Or did it leave you feeling irritated and angry?

 

At some point, we all have had the dream of the perfect Mother's Day. . .

 

 

 

The children make the perfect breakfast and bring it to you in bed. They leave you to eat your perfect breakfast in beautiful solice.

 

There is no drama getting ready for or getting to church.

 

Hubby has planned a delicious lunch~ and you only have to sit down and eat it. The children are peaceful and well behaved. They all have perfect manners and eat everything on their plates joyfully. You eat your lunch while it's still hot.

 

After lunch the family gives you the sweetest, most thoughtful gifts that make you swell with tears. Then the family goes on the perfect outing~ while all the children are still very obedient and polite.

 

The perfect suppertime wraps up the day. And you did not have to lift a finger to make it happen.

 

The day has been joyful and peaceful. There has been no bickering. There has been no crying. The children jump into bed happily and drift off to sleep immediately. The only thing you have been required to do is to enjoy your children and rest.

 

Does this sound a little bit familiar?

How does it measure up to your Mother's Day?

 

If you've been a mother for very long, you know the day never goes as you envision it. In fact, it's pretty much like any other day. There are noses to wipe, diapers to change, and fights to break up. And Momma ends up feeling angry and bitter.

 

So what's a momma to do? How can we enjoy Mother's Day?

 

It has taken me about 16 years to figure this out, but the key to enjoying Mother's Day and avoiding feeling angry and bitter has been to. . .

 

Surrender to it.

 

My most satisfying Mother's Days have been when I didn't create that beautiful, picture-perfect day in my mind. I had no illusions that I wouldn't have to lift a finger to mother anyone. I realized that Hubby is much too busy– and, well, men just don't think this way– to plan ahead for the children to make the most lovely handmade gifts for me.

 

My best Mother's Day celebrations are the ones where I have surrendered to mothering.

 

Mother's Day is, in fact, to celebrate mommas–

while we are still mommas

who are still mothering those beautiful souls who gave us the name

 

Momma.

 

 

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Do you experience this Mother's Day phenomenon of feeling bitter and hurt when the day is not full of rest?

How have you overcome it?

 

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