A Mom with Nails: Mother's Day: My love/like relationship with it

It's easy to see why I love Mother's Day, right? We laughed so hard trying to get a decent picture of me; he takes a good one each time, but I either squint or don't laugh (seriously, you can see the outtakes at the end...). He had me giggling.

So what about the like (hate is a stronger word) relationship I have with Mother's Day? I'll try to explain.

One day, years ago, I was doing some retail therapy in the local mall, and ended up with (shock!) a pair of shoes. It was all going no nicely with a good salesman until he rang up the purchase, and put the shoes and box in the bag. Then he said "Well, have a nice Mother's Day!"

Let me tell you: He almost got those shoes, box, bag and all upside his head. He was lucky that day that I kept my hormones in check. See, to wish a "Happy Mother's Day" to a random person on the street is like asking a slightly overweight person when they're due. It doesn't turn out well.

Around the time he wish me a "Happy" mother's day, I was many years into our struggle with infertility. We had been through failed months of treatments, drugs, injections, pain and rejection and disappointment. The pain of a weekend full of homage to the goal of motherhood was one I was just avoiding at all costs, or so I thought.

So these days, I hesitate to wish someone a HMD randomly. What is they are like me, and in a world of pain and hurt of failed attempts? What is they have recently experience yet another miscarriage? What if their mom is deceased? What if they have lost a child?

So I wish them a nice afternoon like I do every day. I wonder what their story is. I pray for any pain they may have experience related to Mother's day. I wonder if they have had to keep a good face on at church, at lunch with friends with children, only to sob quietly in the bathroom. I pray for all the moms and women desperately wanting to be moms.

I wish you a lovely day full of peace and beautiful spring weather (like we had!).

And if you need a laugh, I will, against my better judgement, share our outtakes. You can see, honestly, who is the photogenic person in the family!