I’ve been writing every Sunday since, oh, the dawn of time (Internet time, at least) and some of those Sundays have also been Mother’s Day.
Last year, I wrote my own version of Lean In, I guess, with What Working Moms Really Want. I just re-read this one and I really like it. Perhaps that’s a funny thing to say, but I don’t often go back and read things I’ve written.
With me and writing it’s totally catch and release.
In 2011, I imagined what an Empty Nest Mother’s Day would be like. I’m getting closer and closer to that reality today, and while I caught this one, it’s harder and harder to release with each passing day.
I asked Who’s A Mom? in 2010, which I consider my love letter to everyone – both men and women – who reach out and help children.
“With every kindness to a child, you create a better world,” I said then, and I mean it still.
Then in 2009, I repeated a column from 2007 simply called “Mother’s Day”, where I suggested we celebrate every holiday every single day.
Somehow that brilliant idea didn’t really catch fire.
In the sandwich year there, 2008, I wrote about busyness (it must have been in context of my own situation) with Repeal HAFTA.
And in May, 2006, I was a few months away from starting to blog so the words were still in my head and heart, unreleased.
What a journey. What an experience. What richness.
And right now I’m talking about my 20+ years of mothering two wonderful people who inspire me every day to step up, be present and be fully myself.
Because when I am able to do that, they are able to do so, too. It’s a love circle, baby.
And, believe me, I get so much more than I give.
Oh, people, I am truly blessed. May you find blessings, too – full with love and acceptance – in each and every one of your days.