You ARE a Mother

Ugh...I just haven't been in the right freame of mind ot blog lately..anyway...should have posted this yesterday, but here I only came up with the idea late yesterday/last night. So, here goes!

If you have children, you are a mother.
If you have pets, you are a mother.
If you are a teacher, you are a mother.
If you are a birth mother, you are a mother.
If you are a foster mom, you are a mother.
If you are an EA (or CEA/SEA) you are a mother.
If you are work in a daycare, you are a mother.
If you are an aunty, you are a mother.
If you have lost a child (at any age they died), you are a mother.
If you are a health worker in ANY capacity, you are a mother.
If you are a Pastor in/of some sort, you are a mother.
If you are a single father, you are a mother.
If you have suffered a miscarriage, you are a mother.
If you are a Community Supper Worker, you are a mother.
If you work in/for/at a Pregnancy Counselling/Care Centre, you are a mother.
If you are a First Responder (Police Officer, Firefighter, EMT), you are a mother.
If you work at a counselling centre, you are a mother.
If you are a social worker, you are a mother.
If you are a counsellor, you are a mother.
If you are work at a Crisis (suicide/help/abuse) Hotline/Centre, you are a mother.
If you work as a 911 operator, you are a mother.
If your children are lost/missing/estranged, you are a mother.
If you are infertile, you are a mother.
If you are a Sunday school Teacher/Children's Pastor, you are a mother.
If you have lost or estranged from your own mother, you are not forgotten!
If you are reading this, you are most likely a mother :)

Mother's Day, as some of us know, can be hard. It's not easy to see all the fancy/glossy/photos on Social media, boasting about their kids, or their own mom. Each MD (as I will refer to from now on in this post), I find brings different feelings. Some years, I am complete ok with celebrating (or not), and some years, I find it hard. Some years are super hard. This year was a bit in between all those feelings. With not having a car (more on that in another post), Covid, and not having a routine, yesterday was a bit hard; mostly with feelings of loneliness. I wish that I could have celebrated with my own mom, and I even tried to score an invite to my brother's, but they didn't take the bait..darn! I said this on my IG, and I think it kind of helped me realize that it is ok to have some emotions about this day, but I need to somehow rise above, if even for part of the day, and try to do something for yourself. Whatever you did yesterday, I hope you were able to enjoy it, and were able to celebrate...if even (for) yourself!