Hallmark Holidays - Mother's Day

The facts are that this Sunday, Mother's Day, is a totally fabricated holiday. There is a lot of grumbling from the non-mothers of the world about what they need to get their mother to show appreciation and how much its going to set them back. These are legitimate grumblings because it's going to cost you - if you're thinking in the vein in the first place.

But there are ways around this wallet emptying . Take the time to appreciate your mother all year long.

Everybody has a different relationship with their mother. Some talk everyday on the telephone, others on Sunday afternoons, and there are those that can never find the time to even say hello. To each their own, but taking the time to spend time with your mother periodically - honest, unselfish time - will reduce the need and sense of pressure to spend buku bucks for Mother's Day.

I can't say where I fall in this spectrum, but I will say that I want to fall into the spend more time, spend less money category. What if we made Mother's Day Resolutions, like a New Years Resolution? Much the same as that often made, seldom kept January 1st promise to yourself, what if you made (and kept) a promise in the name of your mother to do something positive for her or for yourself?

While I think about what that Mother's Day Resolution might be, I will be looking around for something to get her that will make her feel good about herself and give back some of what she continues to give to me. It will probably cost me a lot of money... baby steps.

c.e.