
Maybe This is All Moms Really Want for Mother's Day
My oldest child is seventeen. Seventeen years of Motherhood. In all of those Mother’s Days, I remember my first Mother’s Day as the happiest. The pure joy and excitement that I was experiencing with my new son, and the joy of having my mother and grandmother with me to celebrate my new milestone. As the years went on and I had two other children, Mother’s Day became a day where I felt a subtle sense of disappointment-- like when you are done opening presents on Christmas mo