Mother’s Day Juggling Act
Mother's Day Dilemmas Solved
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Kerrie McLoughlin
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Please contact me at mommykerrie@yahoo.com if you'd like to see this piece in full to consider purchasing it for your parenting magazine, either online or in print!
Remember Mother’s Day before you were married? The day
probably revolved around your own mom, stepmom or other mother figure. Then
your mother-in-law came into the picture, and you had to really split your time
every second Sunday in May. Once YOU became a mother you probably realized that
juggling Mother’s Day visits (as well as your own “selfish” needs and wants) should
be an Olympic event. While it’s true you can’t make everyone happy all of the
time, I believe you CAN honor all the moms in your life — including yourself —
every year. Here are some ideas:
Dilemma: So many moms, so little time.
Solution: Change it up. Who says Mother’s Day should only
be celebrated on that specific Sunday in May? I like to have my stepmom over
for dinner one night during the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Then maybe we
take my mother-in-law out to dinner the night before. When Sunday rolls around,
I have my mom over to hang out with us at our house for part of the day, and we
make sure to serve her a special meal and shower her with cards and flowers. I
get the best of both worlds on Mother’s Day: being with my own mom and being
with the little ones who made ME a mom.
