Mother’s Day 2021 (Part One)

Hello to everyone and Happy Mother’s Day. This is the second Mother’s Day amidst this totally tiresome, extremely frustrating, and completely nerve racking pandemic. Who would have thought last year that we would still be within the clutches of Covid-19?

Mother’s Day is suppose to be where we honour the woman who bore us and/or the woman who raised us. However, not everyone will celebrate today on a positive note. As I stated last year, there are many different types of “Mothers” out there, whether blood-related or not. Sometimes you get a mother that is no blood relation to you at all, but a mother nonetheless. This woman that you call “mother” can come from anywhere. “Mother” comes from the heart and the soul, not from blood.

However, there are also people out there that may find this day very difficult. “Why would they?” you may ask. Well, some may have a mother, yet the closeness and/or caring just isn’t there. Some may have borne a child, but through whatever circumstances had to let that child go (See “Mother’s Day 2021 – Part Two that bears repeating.) And some may have lost a child to a reason that had been beyond their control.

If you have a mother in your life, consider yourself fortunate. Moms can be irritating, obnoxious at times, strict beyond our understanding, but if you have a mother that loves you, that is a precious thing. And mothers, if you have a child/children, that too, is a precious gift. You may not see the influence you have on your child/children yet, but never doubt, influence them you will, for better or for worse. Don’t ever take a mother and/or a child for granted. There are people out there that ache for the closeness of having a child in their arms just as there are children who ache for the love of a mother. And both may not have found either love or closeness.

What a morose article this one is, hmm? This should be a positive day; a loving day; a joyous celebration of mother and child, yet for some reason I can’t help but feel for those people whose arms are empty, whether woman or child. We do focus so much on the mothers that are here that we forget those that have a hard time on this day. No one likes to focus on the negative so it gets swept under the carpet, whispered about in groups, but never confronted. That is so sad for the people who have these empty arms.

So, when you see your mother today, whether in person or over a screen, send her a “hug”. Yes, I know we can’t literally “hug” our mothers, at least not yet. Be creative in showing your love. Flowers might sound cliche, but they still get the job done. And if you see a woman whose face just can’t seem to get that smile going, who seems a little lost and forlorn, remember, she just might be one of those women with empty arms.

Be safe. Be well.

Until next time,

Inge