I have to admit that I really don't like Mother's Day. This morning as I got up I was thinking "Oh great, here we go again......a whole hour in church hearing people blubber on about how much they love their mom." I was very surprised by what I heard at church today.
Speaker #1 We got a history of Mother's day. I was surprised to find out that the woman who instigated Mother's day had a turn around when she discovered that Mother's day was becoming overcomercialized. She bacame an advocate of nulifying the holiday just a few years after it was adopted as a national holiday.
Speaker # 2 Read a humorous thought about how we as women need to no longer fear Mother's day and no longer need to feel guilty because we are not the perfect Mother. She said, "Never fear you too can be perfect, and here is how to do it", then proceded to go through an exhaustive (and somewhat exagerated) list of things that the "perfect mother" would be or do. Starting at 3 am and going throught the day until "try to be in bed by 2 am because a quarter to three comes early when it is time to start all over again".
Speaker #3 Started her talk with "I hate Mother's day" She went on to say that Mother's day makes her anxious. She dreads it for weeks. It is as Stressful as the "Holiday Season". I was taken back by her honesty and her ability to tell it like it is.
It was a very surprising Mother's day indeed.
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