Finally Relieved It's Done And Yes, I don't' have to cook dinner day!! Friday, our pizza day, we buy take and bake and the kids watch one of their favorite shows or a movie while they eat pizza! The beginning of their weekend, well, our weekend. Weekends, for parents they are the days we catch up on the yard work, laundry, shopping, cleaning, and attend any events we have. Although, the countdown is on for us Moms because Mother's Day is only 2 days away! The day us Moms should not have to do anything but just enjoy the day completely!
In order for us Moms to completely enjoy the day we do have certain things that need to be done ahead of time. We need to put ourselves in rush mode. We need to get things done today or tomorrow that we would normally do on a Sunday morning or afternoon. So we rush ourselves to work twice as hard to get it all out of the way, and I'm not sure about other Moms but in my mind on Mother's Day I'm thinking okay, I'm not supposed to do anything today but enjoy the day watching my kids play (and not fight or argue because even though we ultimately know it'll happen at some time of the day we are suppose to believe they will remember what day it is and act accordingly, in our dreams!!!!), read the paper without interruption, relax in the sun with a magazine while I listen to whatever music I want to. At the same time, I'm giving up the cooking duties and the picking up after we take everything out duties which also means I am trusting they will wash whatever they use and pick up their stuff without being told to. Reality is they won't, they will enjoy the day as much as I do.
So, us Moms give up a whole day for ourselves, one day in the year that is just for us. A day we don't have to get up to get the coffee ready for our husbands who leave early for work, a day we don't have to get up and make lunches for our children to make sure they are eating healthy, a day we don't have to do anything else but think about ourselves.
For me personally that is a hard task to do. I will try and sit back and let others take over, but ultimately we are Moms who have the natural instinct to care, love, and make sure our family is happy, healthy, and safe.
Moms, we need to step back and enjoy our day, love our children, call our Moms, Grandmas, and those of us who are lucky enough to have Great Grandmas still. Let them know how much we love them and are thankful for all that they have done and probably still do for us. Let them know we as Moms and Dads are the best that we are because of them.
Enjoy your weekend Moms (and Dads),
Just a Mom with love for my family
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