Remembering Mothers

It’s that time of year again when we all rush out to purchase flowers for our mothers to show them how much we love them and how grateful we are for all they do.  Well, many of us do.  My dad was a bit old fashioned. He would make sure that Mom and each of his daughters had a corsage for Mother’s Day.  People would ask why we had flowers and dad taught us to say that we wore them to honor our Mother.  Before the modern era flowers had a code.  For Mothers Day you would wear a colored flower if your mother were still living and a white flower if she were not.  Mother’s Day was about our mothers not necessarily about us as mothers.  Mother’s Day is about honoring the women who have given birth, and nurtured humans throughout time. On Mother’s Day we look backwards to those who have come before us and have shaped our lives in so many wonderful ways. For some of us, we have lost our mothers and grandmothers and we miss them especially on Mother’s Day.   Mother’s Day is for us to remember them all as part of the great chain of life.
 
There are mothers who have had to suffer the loss of a child.  On Mother’s day, their pain might be great. Often overlooked on Mother’s Day are those who continue struggle to become a mother.  On Mother’s Day the pain of not being a mother can become acute.  Remember those who grieve for any reason on Mother’s Day and be kind.