Mother's Day

Yesterday someone referred to Mother's Day as a "Card Holiday"--a holiday created to sell cards. Usually I would take great offense to this statement because ever since I became a mom Mothers Day was one of the most important days of the year to me. When you go from working and going to school where you're rewarded with pats on the back, grades, and paychecks, to cleaning up food, poop, and heaven knows what else and get rewarded with more food, vomit, etc. to clean up, it's nice to have one day where everyone takes a moment and tells you how wonderful you are. This year I let the statement slide--but that didn't mean I didn't take full enjoyment of the day. Here are my favorite things about mother's day:

• Listening to the primary kids sing "Mother, I Love You" and getting chocolates at church.
• Not making dinner--Dad made spaghetti while Athena made fruit salad
• Taking a nap while everyone else cleans up dinner
• Dad orchestrating "spa day" where the kids rub lotion on my feet and hands
• Going to a fireside given by Sister and Elder Holland with Tritan and Bev
• Coming home to a Shirley Temple made by Athena

I hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day. I know I couldn't have made it this year (or any year, actually) without going crazy if I couldn't call my mom every week and have her help me keep things in perspective and empathize with what I'm going through at the moment. Thanks Mom!