With Mother's Day fast approaching , I was wondering how you get round the family dynamics. For years I was the only mother in the family, and I was at the centre of the day. My own mother was in another country, my ex husband's mother had passed away ...similarly for Fathers Day there was only him to consider.
NOW...I am divorced, my divorced daughter is a mother of 2 children, my 2 adult boys are married and their wives are mothers themselves, then of course, the daughtersinlaw have mothers. So how do you work around this. My eldest son is going away for that weekend (easy way out)- I'll probably get a card. Last year, my daughter , myself and her children went out for a meal. I got cards from the boys. Didn't get anything from dinlaws , not even a text message. I can understand...they have their own mother's and grandmothers, and they are not close to me anyway. Our relationships are hanging by a thread. I know I'm going to think of all the old mother's days when I was the centre of it all.....selfish me
My ideal Mother's Day Celebration will be the whole family all the mothers , dilaws mother's , grandmothers all having a lovely meal together and loads of Prossecco..... it remains just that ....A WISH !!!!!
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