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Mother’s Day is coming up May 9, readers — what do you want your kids to give you? Do you have any historically great Mother’s Days in your past that you’d like to share?
I was joking about this with some girlfriends recently, and we were all pretty much in agreement on what we wanted: ALONE TIME. Peace. Quiet. One of us mentioned “the house to myself” also. YASSSS.
The photo is actually one of my favorite photos of my grandmother (my mom and her twin are the girls with her). Her expression kind of sums up so many things I feel about motherhood, especially this year — overwhelmed, exhausted, a general AYFKM expression in general. What does the woman in this photo want? ALONE TIME.
In reality — I may have written about this before — my kids often give me little handmade cards that I of course CHERISH, although I’m still struggling to find a nice place to keep them. (Current attempt is one of these bound “presentation notebooks” with sleeves.) I also am a fan of going through Poshmark and other sites, giving my husband a list of 4–10 items I wouldn’t be mad at owning, and then letting him “surprise me” with his choice. We also, of course, just rounded up gift ideas for Mother’s Day over at Corporette.
So, readers, let’s hear from you — what do you want for Mother’s Day this year?
Boston Legal Eagle says
Ha, strangely, the woman in the picture looks a little like MY grandmother although we are definitely not related (she had one son). I typically do want to do something alone for Mother’s Day. Last year, I just hid in the bedroom because there was nowhere to go. In past years I’ve also gone to lunch with my own mom. My husband makes our weekend breakfasts anyway and I’m not really a “gifts” person so don’t want anything from him or my kids. Maybe just a day to sleep in extra and extra hugs? I’m not fully vaxxed yet so wouldn’t get a massage or anything yet.
anonymommy says
I STRONGLY hinted at wanting a waffle maker and I’m excited to be “surprised” by that. I usually hate additional kitchen gadgets, but this is one that brings back fond childhood memories and after our move, I actually have cabinet space for it.
AwayEmily says
My Mother’s Day request is always the same: to live life like a 1950s dad. To have zero responsibility for making plans, wiping butts, or figuring out meals. All of the fun of kids, none of the work. Last year we were potty training during Mother’s Day so it was an especially wonderful gift.
(this is usually my husband’s request for Father’s Day, too)
Anonymous says
I also asked for time off from the kid responsibilities. My plan is to read a book on my phone while sipping tea on our front porch.
I also asked for croissants!
AIMS says
Kat, you look so much like your grandma!
I don’t know that I want anything. Someone to come and organize all my things for me? Clean out my closet and tell me what to keep and what to give away. I feel very behind on everything, for lack of a better word. But I’ll be happy to sleep in and take it easy for the day. Hopefully get some flowers and maybe croissants for breakfast.
I do have a tradition with my mom where I get her some kind of plant for her little garden. For a while I had a local nursery deliver a little rose bush. It’s nice – my kids love to go over and dig in the dirt with grandma, and it’s nice to see them grow and bloom year after year.
Anon says
Mother’s Day is also my birthday this year and my family is meeting my SIL and her husband (all adults are fully vaxxed) in Asheville, NC for a long weekend! We haven’t seen them in a year and a half and my preschooler *adores* her aunt, so I’m incredibly excited for the reunion. My SIL and BIL will be the first people I’ve hugged other than my parents and DH/DD since before the pandemic! And Asheville is supposed to be fun and have good food, so I’m looking forward to that too.
I know it’s not a big hardship on the scale of pandemic hardships, but Mother’s Day and my birthday were tough last year because our red state declared the pandemic over in early May and most people here went back to normal life, but my family knew we’d likely be in quarantine until there was a vaccine and we had no idea how long that would take. It was just hard psychologically to see people celebrating the end of “lockdown” when we were very much still locked down and it felt indefinite. So I’m extra excited to celebrate these holidays this year as a fully vaxxed person!
Anonymous says
I haven’t celebrated Mother’s Day since I lost my own mom five years ago. My husband asked me if I wanted to do anything this year, and I looked at him like he was nuts — I forgot that I’m a mom now too and it can be celebrated with respect to me! So anyway, we’re probably not doing anything beyond a family walk to pick up donuts and maybe a card. What I’d really like is for my husband to take car of getting my car fixed, lol.
anonymommy says
Sorry for your loss. These milestones still hurt. I lost my dad right after father’s day, also coming up on the 5-year mark. It’s ok to feel both sad over your loss (and your children’s loss) and be happy to celebrate your own motherhood. Check out the Dinner Party dot org if you want/need some support. They usually post some good things on IG around mothers/fathers day for those of us with conflicting emotions those days. It helps me on father’s day to carve out some time to be alone/sad so that I can enjoy celebrating my husband as a dad and my FIL without just feeling bitter.
GCA says
I made the mistake of having my first kid around Mother’s Day so I am usually frantically birthday-planning at that time. (Although technically each of the little squirts should celebrate Mother’s Day on their birthdays, ahem.) Otherwise, I agree with AwayEmily: I want the fun of family time with no responsibilities!
Anon says
My birthday is often on right next to Mother’s Day and I feel bad for my mom since kid birthdays definitely dominate the family holiday calendar and I know my birthday often overshadowed her day when I was young. Now that I’m a mom, I love having my birthday and Mother’s Day right next to each other though – double celebration!
Redux says
DS was born a week before my birthday and DD was born the day after my bday, and all three are the week of Christmas, so talk to me about regrets of not timing my kids’ births…
Anon says
DH and I have birthdays 5 weeks apart and Christmas falls in between (which is the big holiday in both of our families. We also got married in October so basically its “party season” from late October through mid January. Kid’s birthday is just after Mother’s Day and I’ve always thought it was so wonderful to have a birthday to celebrate in the spring and not another thing in the fall/winter that would get lost in the shuffle.
Anon says
I also made the mistake of having my kids around Mother’s Day+ DH and I also have May birthdays, i really wanted kids with fall/winter birthdays but our fertility challenges got in the way. Oh well.
Anonymous says
I booked a night away at a local hotel. I’m going to go to an outdoor yoga class. I am going to eat brunch in bed wearing a fuzzy robe. I’m going to have cocktails on a patio with a view of the skyline. It’s everything I ever dreamed of and more.
Anonymous says
Can I come??
2 Cents says
This sounds lovely! What a great idea.
Anonymous says
I just gave my husband super explicit instructions on this! Breakfast in bed from my favorite breakfast place (WITHOUT THE KIDS EATING IN BED WITH ME, learned to be clear on that after last years debacle of my three year old eating syrupy food in my bed next to me). No store bought card because I think they are a waste of money, would like the kids to make me something but daycare will probably take care of that, and then he will take them both to soccer so I will have the house to myself. Not sure about what I want to do for dinner.