{"id":34091,"date":"2018-05-11T12:50:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T12:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=34091"},"modified":"2018-05-11T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T12:50:06","slug":"holiday-happy-mothers-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/holiday-happy-mothers-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLIDAY: HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY 2018<\/h1>\n

In looking through my archives (to the right of this page) for something else recently, I noticed that last year was the only year in the existence of this e-zine that I had neglected to commemorate Mother\u2019s Day!\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember why that was, because even after I lost my own beloved mother, I still wrote about the day for everyone else. (See?\u00a0 It\u00a0really\u00a0is\u00a0not about me!!!)<\/p>\n

\"580b57fcd9996e24bc43c414\"<\/a>So now I\u2019m back here, celebrating all the\u00a0good<\/em>\u00a0mothers in the world (which I assume all the mothers who are reading this are) on their special day this week-end.<\/p>\n

This concept hit me the other night\u2014I never ever saw my little mother as a burden.\u00a0 I never thought, for even one second, that I\u00a0had<\/em>\u00a0to visit her\u2014I was more than happy to do so!\u00a0 Not only did we have fun together<\/em>, but my<\/em> good times were doubled by seeing how much joy all the activities I planned for us brought her. Something as little as having her favorite restaurant lunch thrilled her.<\/p>\n

Even though, in her later years, we argued almost as much as we laughed, she told me that her \u201cfavorite activity\u201d was \u201cfighting\u201d with her \u201cfavorite child.\u201d\u00a0 So I went along with it.\u00a0 She actually never said a harsh word to me until right after my father died.\u00a0 I remember the first time like it was yesterday.\u00a0 It was the first official day of sitting shiva, (the day after my father\u2019s funeral,) and late at night, there were two couples left visiting with my mother and me\u2014one was her friends and the other was mine, although we always shared our peeps. Hers left and, out of the blue, she yelled at me in front of my pals.\u00a0 For the first time in her life and over absolutely nothing.\u00a0 I was in shock.\u00a0 But, she had just lost her husband of a zillion years, so I just went with it.<\/p>\n

\"rsz_happy-mothers-day\"<\/a>The husband of the couple who witnessed it turned to me and said, \u201cI think you just became your father substitute.\u201d\u00a0 And he was correct.\u00a0 They had always argued, over nothing usually, but loved each other madly.\u00a0 Fighting occasionally was just their way, and it was especially useful because they spent every single second of their lives together, except for the five hours every weekday that they were each teaching in different schools.<\/p>\n

So, with my father now gone, my little mo still needed someone to spar with.\u00a0 And tag\u2014I was it!\u00a0 She always told me that she was scared of my brother, (because he yelled at her all the time,) and she felt bad for my sister, (for various reasons,) so the job fell to me.\u00a0 Which I was totally fine with, forever after.<\/p>\n

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This looks like every picture I drew for my mother! (And still draw now!)<\/p><\/div>\n

So that whole memory made me realize what message I wanted to give you all for this Mother\u2019s Day.\u00a0 It\u2019s this:\u00a0 Children\u2014please cherish your moms, as I always<\/em> did mine.\u00a0 And step up to the plate always. But if you just can\u2019t find it in your heart to do so all<\/em> the time, please make your mother feel special on this one day.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure that even the ones who say they don\u2019t want a fuss would feel awful if you didn\u2019t make at least a little<\/em> one over them.\u00a0 And I can\u2019t bear for any mother to be disappointed.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m<\/em> wishing a very Happy Mother\u2019s Day to all my readers who are mothers. You deserve it!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY 2018 In looking through my archives (to the right of this page) for something else recently, I noticed that last year was the only year in the existence of this e-zine that I had neglected to commemorate Mother\u2019s Day!\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember why that was, because even after I lost my own<\/p>\n

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