So… I thought a lot about the Mother’s Day money making machine this year.The commercialism of the event. The way expectations lead to disappointment.

Why?

Because, I have to admit, almost every year I’m just a little disappointed by Mother’s Day. Every year I persist in thinking, oh, maybe I’ll get whisked away for a night! Oh, maybe I’ll get a massage! Hm, maybe we’ll go out for dinner!

It frustrates me becuase I always have very nice, low-key days on Mother’s Day. I get breakfast in bed, I laze around without feeling guilty and then my day goes on as normal. Which is nice. But not much more than nice.

Isn’t nice okay? Why do I expect more than nice? Because of all the ads screaming at us for weeks  beforehand that we deserve something super special, something expensive, something that represents what we really mean to our families.

It’s a bogus expectation.  I want to get back to the basics. Let’s just enjoy our families and be together and forget about all the frou frou.