If you could have the perfect day for Mothers Day, what would your perfect day look like?
For me the answer to this question changes depending on life stage, circumstances, age of my children, and more.
But even more than that, it can depend on whether or not I think I’m worthy of having a day of my dreams.
Understanding this for me personally, I hope you can hear this:
You matter. You are enough. You are important.
You are worth celebrating.
You are worth celebrating on Mother’s Day.
With that in mind, what would your perfect day celebrating you as a mother look like?
Mother’s Day can be weird for many of us. It can feel contrived, a fake holiday to guilt people into spending more money. Maybe it brings up complicated feelings about our own mothers or complicated feelings about our mothering. Sometimes we feel MORE invisible on Mother’s Day when those around us seem not to notice us or the day. It may raise questions about what we do that’s worth a whole day set aside to celebrate or maybe it highlights how inadequate we feel. It may even lead to questioning what makes one a mother. For some Mother’s Day reveals how desperately we want a break from being a mom. For some it reveals how desperately we want to be a mom. For some it reveals how much they have a mothering spirit while others may feel it reveals they don’t. And many of us may wonder why we need a special day set aside to appreciate mothers- shouldn’t that be every day?
Some lucky ones experience Mother’s Day as a special time to honor their own mother and celebrate their own motherhood.
It’s a day fraught with clichés and complexity.
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for us to realize once again that we’ve just about heard it all:
- Yes, we all have a mother.
- Mothers are amazing.
- Mothers are underappreciated.
- Flowers and homemade cards are the best way to celebrate mothers.
- Wine and time away from our children are the gift all honest mothers crave.
How do we celebrate moms without clichés?
By embracing where we are in our journey without guilt or shame. Sure, be aware of where you need to grow and change but shame doesn’t help that journey so let’s all agree to just skip that.
This Mother’s Day, if you haven’t already, prepare by sharing with those close to you what you’d like to do, how you enjoy celebrating, and what you’d really love to receive. If that’s a nap, tell them! If that’s a mimosa by the pool, tell them! If that’s spending the day child-free doing whatever you’d like to do, tell them that too. If you’d prefer to spend the day at the park with your family and receive a card and a special necklace, share that with them.
I hope you get to experience the Mother’s Day that will mean the most to you with respect to your personal journey. Whatever that looks like.
Most of all though, I hope you grow in your understanding that you matter, you are enough, you are important, and you are worth celebrating.
To help with that, we’re focusing on celebrating you and the mother-spirit this week with a campaign #TLBmom and a giveaway to go with it featuring brands that value mothers every day, celebrating you like every day is Mother’s day.
The support that The Leaky Boob is able to offer every day is made possible thanks to brands such as these. Not only do they believe in you and me they exist to make the world a better and more beautiful place. I hope you’ll love them as much as I do. Take a moment to follow them all on social media, see what they’re about, and check out what products might make your life better and more beautiful.
The giveaway:
One winner gets all of the product above, and 10 others will win some Natracare products in a small cloth bag. That’s 11 lucky Leakies!
Please use the following widget to enter the giveaway. Good luck, and Happy Mother’s Day!