This is the day set aside for the women in our lives. Mother’s Day is a time to pay honor and respect and the one day in the year we set aside to try and do something a little special for them.
Our wives, mothers, mothers-in-law, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, are special people. I have been fortunate, really blessed with women in my life who I have respected and trusted.
My wife of nearly 32 years, Pat, has always been by my side, in the good times and tough times. She’s been there to help me through the challenges and has provided guidance and direction when I needed it, sometimes even when I didn’t think it was really necessary.
One of the best compliments I think you can give a woman is that she is a good mother. And Pat always has been that from the minute our daughter Meghan was born through all the 29 years and three months she has been on this earth.
Pat has instilled in Meghan so many of her own attributes. Like many other good mothers, she is the one who has nurtured our daughter as do other women with their own children.
Mothers often form that special bond with their children and that carries on throughout their lives. For many, they serve as role models.
We, men, may not want to admit it, but for some reason that’s the way it is.
We so often take for granted what the women in our lives provide. My maternal mother died when I was only 3 ½, so I didn’t have the chance really to know her. When my dad remarried I was 6. My new mother, who is now 87, and who we will see and spend some time with later today, started where my mother left off when she died.
In that 2 ½ years before my dad remarried, I spent a great deal of time around my two grandmothers, the woman my dad married, several aunts, great aunts and even a couple of great-grandmothers. All seemed to treat me special, and would help me in any way.
They gave me plenty of guidance, and the grandmothers weren’t at all short on discipline. All of them also provided lots of love and comfort. My dad, because of his job, traveled some, and I can think back remembering how wonderful it was to have these people in my life.
One of the reasons I enjoy today is because I get to spend time, in a relaxing way, with my wife and daughter, my mother and sister, my mother-in-law. I’ve even done those things a husband is suppose to do.
You see, I got her a Mother’s Day card, I ordered flowers and had them delivered, I went and filled out the card myself and signed it, and I will tell her this morning when she wakes up “Happy Mother’s Day” and let her know how much I love her. We’ll spend some time with my mother-in-law, before doing the same with my mother and sister.
We (the men) should ensure they don’t have to cook, clean house or do other menial tasks. It would be wise for us to forego watching golf on the TV, golfing, hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities which might exclude them.
Reality tells me that won’t happen in many instances. But there will be some of us who observe it and try and make it special.
It’s befitting we recognize that today is really meant to honor the women in our lives and that we allow this day to be set aside especially for them.
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This is the day set aside for the women in our lives. Mother’s Day is a time to pay honor and respect and the one day in the year we set aside to try and do something a little special for them.
Our wives, mothers, mothers-in-law, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, are special people. I have been fortunate, really blessed with women in my life who I have respected and trusted.
My wife of nearly 32 years, Pat, has always been by my side, in the good times and tough times. She’s been there to help me through the challenges and has provided guidance and direction when I needed it, sometimes even when I didn’t think it was really necessary.
One of the best compliments I think you can give a woman is that she is a good mother. And Pat always has been that from the minute our daughter Meghan was born through all the 29 years and three months she has been on this earth.
Pat has instilled in Meghan so many of her own attributes. Like many other good mothers, she is the one who has nurtured our daughter as do other women with their own children.
Mothers often form that special bond with their children and that carries on throughout their lives. For many, they serve as role models.
We, men, may not want to admit it, but for some reason that’s the way it is.
We so often take for granted what the women in our lives provide. My maternal mother died when I was only 3 ½, so I didn’t have the chance really to know her. When my dad remarried I was 6. My new mother, who is now 87, and who we will see and spend some time with later today, started where my mother left off when she died.
In that 2 ½ years before my dad remarried, I spent a great deal of time around my two grandmothers, the woman my dad married, several aunts, great aunts and even a couple of great-grandmothers. All seemed to treat me special, and would help me in any way.
They gave me plenty of guidance, and the grandmothers weren’t at all short on discipline. All of them also provided lots of love and comfort. My dad, because of his job, traveled some, and I can think back remembering how wonderful it was to have these people in my life.
One of the reasons I enjoy today is because I get to spend time, in a relaxing way, with my wife and daughter, my mother and sister, my mother-in-law. I’ve even done those things a husband is suppose to do.
You see, I got her a Mother’s Day card, I ordered flowers and had them delivered, I went and filled out the card myself and signed it, and I will tell her this morning when she wakes up “Happy Mother’s Day” and let her know how much I love her. We’ll spend some time with my mother-in-law, before doing the same with my mother and sister.
We (the men) should ensure they don’t have to cook, clean house or do other menial tasks. It would be wise for us to forego watching golf on the TV, golfing, hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities which might exclude them.
Reality tells me that won’t happen in many instances. But there will be some of us who observe it and try and make it special.
It’s befitting we recognize that today is really meant to honor the women in our lives and that we allow this day to be set aside especially for them.
