I was planning a feast for Mother’s Day. I wanted to celebrate being a mum and I wanted to bless my husband and children- for without them I wouldn’t be a mum! However John won’t be home on Sunday…he has to work. This disappointed Miss A so yesterday she got with the other children and went shopping for a gift.
I woke up this morning and they children took me out for breakfast. We went to Cafe Verdi and had yummy food and good coffee. (Okay, the coffee wasn’t the best but the company and event made it the best). The children presented their lavish gifts to me. Wow, did they spoil me or what!
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I received a lovely black top, with Indian style needlework down the front. A Bottle of Kylie’s “Showtime”, a purse, a great coffee mug filled to the brim with honey coated cashews and a bottle of liquorice Sambuca. And…and the recent Paul Potts CD: Passione. Whoohoo, I’ve wanted this as soon as I heard about it. And a card…I love cards. Especially when they children write in them. (Tehee, the slogan on the coffee mug is “I have children and a sense of humour, What’s your super power?”)
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I used to look at some mum’s and wonder why my children didn’t do those lovely, sweet things. Problem was, I was looking at the mums who had teens and young adults and wishing my younger children would be like that. Pffttt! How unreal of me. Mother’s Day certainly looks different now to when I had young children…but I love all the stages. Grubby little hand prints and misspellings on cards…weeds picked and given as flowers…ah, how sweet and adorable is that?
But that season of life has passed for me…I now get more ‘grown up’ gifts but as the mother of a prodigal it is not all roses and chocolate. The day also brought yet another heartache…as special family days usually do when a family has a prodigal child. So with John away at the moment, it was lovely to receive a phone call from him. He wasn’t due to call me until late tonight but somehow he was able. Thank you Lord for prompting him and providing opportunity for him to call, if only for a brief few minutes.
How are you planning to celebrate Mother’s Day this year? Are you in a stage of celebrating and blessing others? Are you training your children in the art of blessing others? What will you do this Sunday?
Love the caftan toppy thing. Whatever it’s called, it’s gorgeous – your kids have great taste.
Watch that sambuca…it kicks…
Happy Mother’s Day, Susan
Jeanne
Wow! you did get spoiled!
I totally relate to the “older children” thing with mothers day! I get a mixture now, hand picked weeds from my four year old and expensive perfume and other luxuries from my older children 🙂 Good things come to those who wait!! Such is one of the joys of watching our children grow up.
Thanks ladies, yes it was a nice day. I hope you have a beautiful day on Sunday, however you choose to spend the day.
We don’t do mother’s day (my choice, not mere neglect, lol!) but you’s sounds like it was fun. 🙂
Yours. You know I mean yours. (rolling my eyes at myself)
I knew what you meant. There was a time when we didn’t do Mother’s day. I thought, like I often do with these things, that it was all about commercialism and emotionalism, etc but then I realised that I didn’t have to by into that and that we could use it to teach. To teach our children how to bless but also by modelling, teach them how to receive blessing. My previous two posts on MD speak of how we came to that realisation and all. Can I ask why you have chosen to not to MD?
I hope you have a lovely weekend! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Somehow I didn’t get an email that you had replied here. (where is your little tick the email subscribe box gone?) I actually came back to ask you a favour 😀
But Mother’s day first. It was a combination of two things. Firstly, my attitude was lousy. (I know you’ll find that hard to accept, lol!) My husband is not the sort to think or plan ahead for such things. It was hard to keep a sweet attitude on mother’s day, because (fill in here a big whinge about unmet expectations 😉 ) But one thing that really swayed me was the verse about honouring our parents. Now I am NOT saying it is wrong to do mother’s day. Not saying that. But what I am saying is that it is important to honour mothers every*single*day!
While the first issue was about me, the second was about my own mother. Easy to take her out to lunch and buy something to wow her one day a year. But it’s WAY harder to honour her on a day to day basis, when I actually (carnal, selfish, dirty rotten sinner I am) prefer to please myself. So I set myself the challenge to honour her all the time. I know some could do that AND do mother’s day. But, for me it was a bit like the issue of celebrating Christmas (yeah, always got to come back to that, lol!) one day of the year, or being obedient to celebrate the Lord’s supper every time we meet.
So that’s my journey! I try to show more honour and respect to my own ma, and teach my children to do the same for her and me.
Can I ask my favour now? 😀
Burstmode, who sometimes comments on my Urban Daisy blog, is considering homeschooling. He has a concern about his son’s sporting opportunities if he chooses that path. His son is a very promising swimmer. Would you be so kind as to share a little of how you overcame the issue with Miss A’s softball? I don’t mind if you feel you need to write a whole post on it and I can link back to it, or if you want to answer in the comments section of the post I have on teaching art, where he left the comment.
http://beyondbluestockings.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/teaching-art/#comment-3340
I know you have a lot happening now, so I won’t be offended if you can’t!
xx
I don’t know what happened to my little tick box. I’ll put that on my ToDo List. :-/
Thanks for sharing about MD. I do know exactly what you mean…and I see it. And I totally agree. The practical working out of it changed- hey maybe it changed once my mother *graduated* and wasn’t here anymore. I don’t know. Great worthwhile, meaty thoughts and that is the key, I believe. To not just do things willy-nilly but to be conscious, thoughtful and proactive.
Sure, I’ll try to pop over soon. Actually I pop over to your site every day but I’ll try to read the comments and respond in some way. Love to! Thanks for asking. 🙂
I enjoyed reading about your Mother’s Day, and Mrs BB’s post about why they don’t “do” Mother’s Day.
I had a lousy Mother’s Day – for lots of reasons (some of which I’m sure you can guess) but mostly it was the whole “I want” and it didn’t quite come up to my expectations.
It was good to read this:-
I used to look at some mums and wonder why my children didn’t do those lovely, sweet things. Problem was, I was looking at the mums who had teens and young adults and wishing my younger children would be like that. Pffttt! How unreal of me.
Because in a lot of a ways that’s where I’m at.
But I’ve already realised that I’m also in a position where I can teach my children about Mother’s Day/Father’s Day and showing respect and love to Mum or Dad ‘in a way that’s special to them’ (and of course, surprise, surprise, – we’ll have different expectations – and part of “my problem” on Sunday was that he never got it before – so why on earth would he now?!).
Anyway, rambling…. Just wanted to say this post helped me – and I got over myself quickly on the weekend I’m happy to say.
I got beautiful homemade cards and hugs – what more could a Mum want anyway?!!!
Fee x
Hi Fee,
I’m glad that the post and insightful response from BB and others were helpful. Yes, Mother’s day is not a one size fits all, is it? There’s many years and many bunions from each person walking their own life’s journey which leads us to where we each are now.
I’m glad that your lovely children gave you the most important things – themselves and their love. :-*