It’s Mother’s Day. The supermarket will be swamped with children, old and young, picking up last minute cards and flowers. Facebook is full of sappy Mother’s Day sentiments. Preachers will feel obliged to preach “Mother’s Day” sermons. Restaurants will be packed so moms won’t have to cook one day.
Sorry but I’m not a big fan of all this. My mom has passed but don’t get me wrong there are lots of women in my life who are mothers and who I greatly appreciated: my wife, my daughter, my grand daughter, my daughter in law. My problem with Mother’s Day and similar days for other special people is that the persons honored expect to be honored on these days. That’s fine but it just points out how bad we are at making these people feel special year round.
If the only day you kiss or do something special for your mom is Mother’s Day, bad on you. Our lives are special because of all the special people in them. I just spent a few days with my wife celebrating our anniversary. I try real hard to make sure she knows how I feel as often as possible. It’s just wrong that special people only hear they are special on certain days. The only mothers who will feel really bad today are those whose kids forget or whose expressed sentiments are not sincere.
Pastors are some of the folks who are never properly appreciated. They often just hear from the complainers who are loud. For every person with a beef there are at least 10 who think things are going great.
Hug and thank your mom today if you are so blessed to still have her around, but promise yourself that next year you will make her feel special all year so that Mother’s Day won’t be such a big deal. While you are at it, make some other folks feel special: like your Dad or your kids or your spouse or your best friend or, if you are a real radical: your Pastor.
Love you all the mothers in my life. Love you too Pastor.
Be blessed.
Nick
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