Happy Mother's Day!!!
Just wanted to wish the MGoBlog community a very Happy Mother's Day!
To all the Mothers here on the blog that put up with the often sophomoric nonsense - present company guilty.
To all of you who have a Mother, present company excluded, hopefully you can spend time with her today as you will her when she is gone. If not wherever she may be, she surely will feel your love.
To all those helping your little one make pancakes, make cards, or wrap gifts for their Mother / your wife.
Enjoy the special day fellow Bloggers!
Just got off the phone with her. We can't be together but we are both going to watch Michigan LAX this afternoon.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Great weather here and we didn’t have a long wait at a delicious breakfast restaurant, even with 8 of us. MGoWife is having a lovely day.
Thanks son.
Recently. Had a long and quite sincere conversation with the two grown sons; reminded/expressed to them what their Mom has done for them over the past decades. I then told them that while "trinkets", as gifts, are nice, they pale in comparison to a heartfelt expression of gratitude and appreciation for Mom's tireless and (too damn frequently) thankless efforts. Silence resulted - which usually means that they heard me loud and clear and are absorbing the information.
Today? They *both* expressed some beautiful words to her - and she beamed brighter than she has in a long time. Perfect.
Mission accomplished !!
(Note - I could not have accomplished all that I have without this woman as my partner - and I tell her that, often)
Excellent parenting and husbanding.
for the many who may not know, HB refers to his wife as ‘the gem’, and he’s serious about that designation.
Definitely a different kind of Mother's Day. My father is currently in hospice, so it's more about providing support for my Mother rather than celebrating.
At the same time, my wife is no longer with us so my son and I try to do a nice meal together to celebrate her the way we always did with her. Then there is my wife's Mom, who no longer has her only child, making it really difficult for her.
It sounds terribly sad, but in reality we've all become very close because of the circumstances and that makes everyone feel much more positive and appreciative.
My mom has been gone these last 13 years, but I always call my oldest sister on Mother's Day. We had a lovely chat today, so we have that going for us. All you knuckleheads out there better remember your mamma today while she's around to bask in it.
Ditto. Lost my mom two days ago. Hard to even write this. Love her while you got her.
Took her out for lunch today but am very grateful that I’m able to see her every week also
Happy Mothers(of invention) Day MGoMoms
For those with moms who are still around, hopefully your relationship with her is great. It may not be; life is complicated sometimes and that's OK.
I've already seen a couple of rough posts here. I feel bad for the people who have to be prompted to express thanks to their mom. I feel bad for the ones who overvalue gifts. (This extends to many scenarios in our society.) I also feel bad for the people who truly believe that it's important for gratitude to be expressed on this particular day. (What difference would it make if the meaningful contact took place yesterday / tomorrow / next week?)
You seem pretty judgmental. Just because someone expresses gratitude on Mother's Day, gives a gift, etc. doesn't mean they ignore their moms every other day.
You wrote: "Just because someone expresses gratitude on Mother's Day, gives a gift, etc. doesn't mean they ignore their moms every other day."
I didn't say that. I didn't even imply it.
Aside, sorry for your losses (seriously).
I also feel bad for the people who truly believe that it's important for gratitude to be expressed on this particular day. (What difference would it make if the meaningful contact took place yesterday / tomorrow / next week?
I guess we just don't see things the same way. I couldn't disagree with your statement more. It's a day set aside to honor mothers. I applaud those that choose to express their gratitude on this particular day and I believe that mothers appreciate having a day set aside to recognize them.
Why would you feel bad for people that believe this is important? It suggests to me that you look down on the practice and the people that engage in it. I find that insulting.
If that is not what you meant, then I misunderstood. But, that's how it comes across to me.
No insult intended and sorry if it came off that way.
My opinions on this are rooted in how I experienced the holiday in my immediate and extended family. One of my aunts (a troubled person, bless her departed soul) had some great kids (thanks to my uncle, probably) who'd be the pride of many families. A couple of years she lost it because they didn't do something on Mother's Day. My siblings and I were adolescents at the time. With those events in mind my mom said something like "Look, I know we're on good terms. What you do at baseline is way more important than what you do on that day. As far as I'm concerned you don't need to do anything. It wouldn't bother me at all."
I think it's wonderful that people express appreciation to their mothers. I have issues with people who'd place the actions (or inactions) on one day above the sum of all the other actions for the year. It seems ridiculous and arbitrary to me.
Thanks for explaining. I have zero issue with a difference of opinion and I agree that the way we live our lives day to day is more important than a single day. In the end, I think we agree that moms want to be appreciated and deserve to be appreciated, no matter how that is accomplished.
BlueHeron;
That is the dumbest shit I have ever seen anybody write on the internet. Ever. Including like Reddit and Brietbart. That is a terrible take and you should feel terrible about it.
My takeaway from BlueHeron is that he's saying that expressing gratitude without the prompting of an official holiday is maybe more genuine. As a mom, I appreciate when either of my kids expresses any kind of love or gratitude on a day other than Mother's Day. I suspect they feel "pressure" to say those words (Happy Mother's Day) or send cards or whatever on the holiday itself, and I personally would rather they do it spontaneously. We have meals with our mothers (my mother and my husband's), and it starts to feel rote, like we're all just walking through this thing that society expects from us. I love the moments where I genuinely connect with my kids. Like the other day, I had a great conversation with my son about a situation at his workplace. I gave him some advice, he listened, I listened to him, and there was real respect between us. It was just a tremendous moment of realizing he had grown up into a really great young man. Mother's Day gift right there.
No it was just a bullshit “post modern” take with somebody having to convey their emotional superiority to other people for no reason.
I’m one of the complicated ones.
My wife is an amazing mother to our 3 boys. And I’m lucky to have been able to choose her for a life partner.
My own mother is an absolute trainwreck that has destroyed every relationship in her life and continues to do so with reckless abandon at almost 80 years old. My wife and I find it kind of a miracle that I became capable of healthy marriage.
So yeah, Mothers Day is a bit complicated for me
I get this. I have a similar situation. We do the best we can.
Aha! As I surmised (below), you ARE a mother.
Happy Mother's Day!
And to other mothers here too!
I have a buddy that went through somewhat of an absentee upbringing. It’s what drove him to be the most attentive Dad/Husband possible. I am sure it’s not easy.
^ this ^
Got the chance to FaceTime with my Mom today. Unfortunately can’t spend the day with her, but that’s because she and my Dad are gallivanting around France, Belgium and the Netherlands for two weeks. They travel a ton now that they’re retired and have earned every minute of it.
Spending the day making sure my wife isn’t having to lift a finger with either of our two boys. One is three, and the other is four months old, so it’s a challenge, but happy to do it. She got a few gifts this morning, a nice card, and I’m making dinner tonight. All she wants is tacos, and I’m more than happy to oblige. Got some good carne asada, will make some queso before too long, take in some Succession, and call it a night.
HAIL to all MGoMoms!
A Happy Mother’s Day wish to all. And, especially, my wife, who not only has led an incredible life and raised two rising Michigan juniors (yes - they are twins), but also embraces my love for Michigan and the crazy early hours to support my love of tailgating outside Michigan Stadium in the fall.
She’s an incredible hostess on those fall Saturdays - and, throughout the year - and this is an open invitation to M Go Bloggers to join us in the fall.
Go Blue! And - much love and thanks to mom’s everywhere.
Happy Mother's Day, Wendy!
(I'm assuming "Wendy" means a woman, and I recall references to kids, meaning a mom.)
And the same to any other Moms on board here.