The people most in need of a day which celebrates what they do are recognized today.
Moms.
Moms hold families together. Moms are the stability in life.
Are all moms perfect? Are any? Of course not. Moms are flawed and emotional and worry-warts. But moms are also strong… stronger than most of us realize.
Just imagine a world with only dads. What a disaster that would be! Dads don’t tend to be as good as moms at multi-tasking. Most of us focus on one thing and work on that thing until it is done (or give up because we realize it is unaccomplishable… which isn’t a word, but I like it). A world with only dads would be a world of chaos. A world with only dads would be interesting, but it wouldn’t be as safe or sane as a world with moms. A world of dads would have lunches packed with candy bars and cold Totinos pizzas. A world of dads would be filled with overflowing diapers and unbrushed teeth and tardiness and scraped knees and eyes poked-out with “that thing”. I’m not saying a world of dads wouldn’t be fun, but a world of dads would not probably lead to the best chance of the furthering of the human species. Oh sure, some pretty cool crap would get blown-up in a world of dads. There would be no chick-flicks in a world of dads. “Barney” would be replaced by “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” in a dad-driven society. Burping would be considered polite, and a good fart would be commended. A world of dads… wait a second… where was I going with this? A world of dads sounds pretty cool… OH YEAH, moms are good.
Moms help maintain the order in society and they don’t need armies and navies and bullets and bombs; apparently only dads need those kinds of things. If moms were in charge of everything, there would be no war… but there would be a whole crapload of time-outs and dirty looks. Most of us appreciate moms, but do we appreciate them enough? I don’t see how we can. None of us can appreciate moms as much as moms deserve.
Are there bad moms? Oh sure there are. There are tons of really crappy moms who deserve no praise… just as there are super dads who do everything a regular mom does and more. But overall, in the grand scheme of things, moms deserve this day. Thank your mom or your kid’s mom or a mom who has influenced you in some way. The moms we know won’t be around forever, but the lessons they teach and the love they selflessly give shape generations!
Happy Mother’s Day 🙂
Amen, but, when was mothers day? I think I missed it. Oh well, I guess Ill just have to make up for it on fathers day.
Some dudes give fathers and husbands bad names. I’m not pointing fingers…