Happy Mother’s Day: Making Your Mother’s Day Count

Mother’s Day only comes around once a year so you really need to make this Mother’s Day count.

There have been times in the past when I was left disappointed on Mother’s Day. It could have been because I thought we were going to do one thing or another and didn’t, I had to run around to all the other “mother’s” houses in my life, or I still found myself doing things around the house on my special day.

Making your Mother’s Day special this year is easy. I’m going to give you just a few tips that will help you make your Mother’s Day count this year.

Let’s be reminded of who we are expecting to make our Mother’s Day perfect for us… our kids and our husbands. You can see where problems could arise right?

Let’s take a look at a few things that you can do upfront to make sure that your Mother’s Day is a relaxing, special day:

• Plan To Do Nothing - I don’t mean you should plan to not partake in any celebration of Mother’s Day. I’m mean that you should go into Mother’s Day with nothing looming over your head that needs to be done. No laundry, no dishes, no picking up, no food shopping. Make sure that you do whatever it takes on Saturday to take care of all of your Sunday duties.
• A Little Direction Goes A Long Way - Maybe your husband has great intentions about what he would like to do for you on this Mother’s Day but he either doesn’t know how to pull it off OR what he has in mind wouldn’t be what you would consider as a Mother’s Day celebration activity. You can certainly give suggestions and hints prior to Mother’s Day that would allow him to plan for something that YOU would enjoy doing. A little direction does go a long way with these fellas.
• Get Rid Of Your Expectations - Today’s expectations turn into tomorrow’s resentments. Get rid of any expectations you have about how your Mother’s Day should go because you’ll only end up disappointed.
• Take Full Advantage Of Mother’s Day - Like I said, we only get one day for us per year… take full advantage of that. Make sure to schedule some alone time into your Mother’s Day. This could be an hour doing yoga or maybe you go get a facial. Also… Let people do things for you. I know that a lot of times it’s hard to sit back and let people do the things that you normally do around the house but for just one day give up the control and allow yourself to be taken care of.

Another situation might present itself that can be kind of troublesome. What if you have both a mother and a mother-in-law in the area. It’s Mother’s Day for them too. How do you give them the recognition that they deserve on this day without forgetting about yourself?

I usually see if we can take them out to dinner the day before. That way we are still taking them out and celebrating Mother’s Day with a nice dinner but we’re not running around like crazy people on Sunday.

I would also arrange to have something delivered to their home on the morning of Mother’s Day just to keep them feeling special.

Have a happy Mother’s Day this year. You deserve nothing less.