10 Tips to Survive and Celebrate Mother’s Day.

Mother’s Day has become one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending in the USA. And yet, it can be bumpy and challenging for many women. 

In my own journey I grew up knowing it was a day to honor my mom and we did show her what she truly deserved, a call, a gift, flowers, a meal out, a hug, a letter, a BIG thanks to you, mom. I love you!

I had a wonderful mom.  But, I know that is not the norm for all women. If anything, I have discovered that Mother’s Day can be downright brutal.

1. Do you still have a mom alive and are in a relationship?
2. You lost your mom and you’re still grieving?
3. Perhaps,  you had an estranged relationship with your mom or you never met her, and your grandparents, aunt, or others raised you?
4. You are not a mom and always wanted to be and this is a hard day?
5. Do you have a challenging relationship with your own children?

How do we survive and yet celebrate this Mother’s Day?

1. Thank God for you and your life today and on Sunday.
2. Remind yourself Mother’s Day is like any other day, a 24 hour day.
3. Remind yourself, what you see on FB, and when you walk into stores and smell the heady scent of flowers not every woman will get that, so don’t go to the pit for woe is me. Why do that? Bring some reality into your life.
4. Only you can control your attitude.
5. Are you waiting for someone to give you a stamp of acceptance that you are of value or you have achieved? From you’re MOM? Or you’re Children? And if they don’t show any kindness or communication to you on Mother’s Day then you sulk and soar? WHY? Do you milk that?
6. Turn your Mother’s Day around and honor and serve instead.
7. Wish any mom you see a Happy Mother’s Day
8. Wish any female you see a Happy Daughter Day.
9. Give thanks for your mom and remind yourself three things you are thankful for your mom:
   • My Mom was consistent in our home and so there for us kids and so so faithful of  a woman.
   • My mom knew how to make us a delicious meal.
   • I knew my mom loved me.
10. Celebrate YOU being a mom or a daughter

“Then Job replied to the Lord, “I know that you can do all things. No purpose of yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2

A divine call- Motherhood.

I am a mother of three because of God. He answered my prayers and all three of my children were given to me to parent through adoption. And I would adopt  each child again if life were to repeat, but it doesn’t.

I cherished the infant days and toddler stage and on up into school age with my girls. I gave my time and life to raise them and love them and lead them to the best of what I could in the situation that was before me. Hind sight is always better, but I did what I could while living in oppression. 

In this podcast, I share my joy and tears  in one of my more emotional podcast episodes. And this was recorded right when the war was breaking out in Ukraine. Both Sandra Flach (Podcast owner) and I have adopted from Ukraine. 

I am ever grateful to Father God for allowing me the joy of being a mother to two daughters and one son. To me Motherhood is a divine calling.

I gave it my all.

Podcast with Sandra Flach – Justice for Orphans

What is your hardest with being a daughter or a mom?