Mindful Mother's Day

Mother's Day snuck up on me this year. I don't listen to the radio, I don't watch commercial TV and my shopping consists of running to the grocery store. Thus, I have not heard or seen one Mother's Day ad to prompt me into remembering this Hallmark Holiday.

It is one day that mattered to Mom. Birthdays? Christmas? Those were days she focused on others. The giving side. Mother's Day? It was a day to shine a light on who she was.

I sifted through the Mother's Day cards I gave her this morning. She wasn't your typical mother so shopping for the perfect card took effort. Some years I succeeded. Others? Not as much.

Mother's Day is Mom's day. When I am reminded of it, I am reminded of Mom. 

I think of you often, Mom. I speak your name, I hear your words come out of my mouth and I feel you within me a lot of the time.

I don't need Mother's Day to remind me of who you were to me. I know the day mattered to you, so in your honor, I am focusing my thoughts on you today.