Gifts From the Heart- Or Guilted

Wow... I just got thinking about how next Sunday is Mothers Day... When I was thinking about this, I got to thinking about how everyday should be Mothers Day... Why do we have to have one day a year set aside to thank or remember our mothers...Personally, I think most of these holidays are just days for us to spend tons of money and they market to our conscious... For the most part these kinds of holidays drive me crazy...

It's pretty sad when a husband or child is worried about upsetting or not getting the perfect gift for the wife or mother... Why is it important? For me, I think it is much better and sweeter to have someone think of me when the see something that reminds them of me... We shouldn't need a day set aside to make us feel important and in some cases worthless...

For example, I was listening to this young woman in the store not so long ago... She has always wanted to be a mother... She got to thinking about all the things she was missing out on by not being a mother... She was telling her mom how when it comes to this time of the year, it's a reminder about how worthless and undeserving she is... She felt she wasn't good enough to be a mother... I think that is horrible that days that are set aside to honor mothers, brings pains to others that can't become mothers... And there are others who don't have a desire to become a mother... But many times these ladies can be more of a mother or mentor to others around them... Do they have a mentoring day? NOOOO.... As a Christian, I can't help but wonder how God would feel about all the holidays we have... What may seem like a good thing isn't really for the mothers, it's for the places that market to mothers and such...

I don't know if many of you have gone to sites about holidays and strange observances... But the world is great at celebrating anything and everything... Too bad we don't put as much into worshiping God as we do our holidays... Even Christmas that is suppose to be about Christ is more about commercialism... Just think about how it is with Black Friday... They start thinking about the deals just after the new year... They are trying to figure out how to beat hardworking people out of their money...

Also when I think about Mothers Day and then shortly after that is Fathers Day... Has anyone noticed how much more woman think about Mothers Day and how the flower shops, jewelers and such market to the husbands, fathers and kids when it comes to Mothers Day... But there isn't much mentioned about Fathers Day... I think women are more concerned about holidays then guys are... At-least in my house it's that way... My husband Chuck could care less about holidays and I think I'm getting more and more like that... I think about how much money and hurt feelings could be saved if there wasn't a price put on thinking about others... We should be doing that anyhow...

My final thought on this is that I would rather have someone think of me through out the day or when they see something I  would like instead of a day where they are told they have to think about me... My mother in law was great on this... She wasn't into the whole email thing... She would go to hallmark and hand pick out cards... She would send them out throughout the year and when she was thinking about someone... It means so much more when you know it's from the heart... I can't could how many times she would make a special gift because she knew I liked angels or a pattern for crocheting and used yellow yarn for the afghans or pillows... That means much more than getting a gift because they were guilt-ed by the powers that be...