...and that is totally okay with me.
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| A Bitmoji cartoon of me, a brunette-with-grey and fair-skinned woman wearing blue, toasting with wine. The caption says Happy Mother's Day. |
Today is a mixture of mom tasks, daughter-of-a-mom tasks, sibling tasks, and - most importantly - celebrations of all these people. It's almost ten AM and I have called my mother-in-law, checked on my (step)brother and his wife (his mom, my stepmother, passed away a couple of weeks ago), folded a load of laundry, asked my girls to do the dishes and take out the garbage, mindfully wore a short-sleeved shirt, and actually done something with my hair.
These last two do have a purpose, as silly and minor as they may seem to the casual observer. Short sleeves are because I'm getting a second Covid booster today (I'm over fifty, asthmatic, and work with children), and hairstyling is because my mom enjoys it when I look "put together" (which I don't usually; I just pull the hair out of my face and call it good).
So that's the Mothers' Day plan at Chez GamersBabes in 2022. Call or otherwise contact affected family members, do Mom Things around the house, go to my mom's with my sister for coffee and pastries and chat, run an errand, get a Covid booster, pick up my mom's groceries curbside, come home and probably do more Mom Things, and lastly, eat comfort food (yes, it is Lizzy's specialty of tuna salad on sourdough with the fancy toothpicks and all), and eat whatever special dessert Abby is making as her gift to me (her specialty is chocolate chip cookies, but I'm prepared for a surprise).
I have a number of friends who dislike Mothers' Day for assorted reasons, and that's absolutely valid. And to these friends who struggle, just know that you are loved and appreciated by me, regardless of the day.
To those who do celebrate, Happy Mothers' Day!
