I love being a mom. I love my kids. I love my husband. I even, sort-of, love my dog.
So call me crazy (which you might) but why, on a day celebrating being a mom, would I want all those things gone?
Am I saying I don't enjoy free time? Not at all. Breaks are great. Alone time is great. I'm saying, to feel truly special on Mother's Day, give me a day off from the other stuff.
You know what I'm talking about: the late nights, early mornings, being the last to eat at every meal, constantly washing dishes and picking up toys, diaper changes, dinner plans, lunch plans, breakfast plans (you get it), getting kids dressed, brushing teeth, putting them down for naps, getting them up from naps. And about a thousand other things.
What I want more than a day by myself is a day with my family and a break from all that. The stuff I don't necessarily LOVE to do every day, 365 days a year. All the "extra" stuff that motherhood seems to come hand in hand with.
Just one day where I don't have to do it all - where I can just play with my kids, read book after book with my baby on the couch, push my toddler on the swings as long as she wants, hang out with my husband, eat as many Oreos as I want, or take a nap with my dog. No chores. No cooking. Certainly no diaper changes. Definitely no trips to Walmart.
A Mother's Day respite for me isn't a break from my family it's a break from those little things we do each day that often go unnoticed.
So, to my family, I know you love me. I get it. I don't need, or want, you to buy me things. I don't need expensive spa treatments (though I'm not opposed to them on occasion, maybe my birthday!). I just want you. Only you. Because I love being your mom.
