Happy Mom's Day

It's that time of year again!  I know some people LOVE Mother's Day and some people (a lot of mom's actually) don't. I'm pretty ambivalent towards it.  I like the recognition of all the hard work I do but I don't bask in the glory of the day.

Well, mostly anyways.

The first couple of Mother's Days I experienced, I spent a lot of them in frustration.  It wasn't until just a few years ago that I changed my perspective on the day.

* It's not a day I get to take off. If I take the day off, then I just have to do it all--and more--the next day.

* An uninterrupted nap is a great way to show mom how much you care.

* The opportunity to use the bathroom without an audience is another great way to show mom how much you care.

* Sometimes, you have to buy your own chocolate.  And then share it when the natives discover your secret stash.

* Your kids sit on you even though there's plenty of room on the bed because they love you.

* It's adorable when  both kids get to sing in Sacrament for the first time, even if someone else's kid with a big noggin' pushes your three year old out of your line of sight.  It's also the first time, even if for only a brief moment, that your bench has been absolutely quiet and still in almost four years.

* Spiders are no less frightening at 3:30 in the morning than at other rational and sane times.

* Dinner doesn't make itself.

* Family walks are less enjoyable when the bratty neighbor kid tags along.

* How come my kids are so cute and other kids aren't?

Man, I have some awesome kiddos.  I also have an awesome husband.  And two lazy cats.  And some beyond amazing friends.  Plus a cool mommy myself who I have the opportunity to visit on a weekly basis.  Not a lot of people get that.  Life is pretty good right now.

Happy Mother's Day to all those moms and almost-moms and surrogate moms out there.