Mother's Day Musings

Yesterday was Mother's Day. I sent out a standard message to those people who meant something to me:

Happy Mom's Day! :) Nail spa, massage, retail therapy day!

While I received a lot of "thank yous" (lots on the list!), I noted that several also lamented "I wish I had the time!". I guess, perhaps most moms feel that their responsibility doesn't end just because it's mom's day, right?

Perhaps it is because moms are just wired to work and do their "job". I put "job" in quotes because I'm not even talking about work in the workplace setting, I mean "stuff to do at home".

I realize this on hindsight because when I got to my mom's place, guess what I see her doing? COOKING! Cooking, when she should have just been hanging out with us, waiting for the pizza we ordered (it was pizza and coke day yesterday, because since my youngest sister married and moved out, she didn't have a "pizza and coke" partner anymore). But my dad doesn't eat pizza, so she cooked for him.

Well, I didn't have time to do my nail spa, massage and retail therapy either as because between the lunch (with my mom) and the dinner with my MIL, I had to "work", again in quotes ("raket" kasi hahaha!).

How about you, our dear MomEx readers, what did you do on Mom's Day? Were you a pampered queen, not needing to even lift a finger? Or was it a normal day for you?

I liked what my friend tweeted, though:

I don't really celebrate Mother's day since I feel that mothers should be honored every single day. But having said that, I'm really touched when I get a Mother's day greeting from someone totally unexpected. Like my Mother-in-law's driver, Val. Yan ang thoughtful.

(also posted on Mom.Exchange.Ph)