Mother's are Always Right

So I figure since Mother's day is just around the corner, this would be an appropriate topic. You see I never fully believed this until a couple years ago. I was going through a difficult personal situation and that's when I fully bought into it and said, that's it, I may never make another decision in my life without asking my mom first. Well okay, I haven't gone that far, but I do trust now that my mother is never wrong. And being a mother myself, I fully understand it.

If you had to pick one motto for my mom, it would be "Let go and let God". 5 words to live by. I believe in it, but yet why is it so hard to do. I'm very pig-headed and if something isn't done my way or if I don't like the way things are going, I get so upset about get so cold to others. But if I could just let go, then my relationships would be better... primarily with my husband. Now I know I'm always right, but he's so pig-headed, he'll never agree with me. So rather then get upset with him, I just need to let go and let God. I know he'll never agree, so why get upset about it and is it really worth getting upset about in the first place? Well sometimes yes, but most of the time... no it's not. So I am going to make a conscious effort to practice that whenever something is upsetting me. Now if only my daughter could understand it... she has 2 strikes against her with both Jason and I being so pig-headed and we already see it in her. If you tell her no, that's it, temper tantrum. And if she's trying to do something and can't get it right, temper tantrum... the force is strong in that one and we're trying to break her like a wild pony, but it's not easy.

On a side note, today I was ordering Mother's Day gifts for my mother and Jason's mother, so I asked the guys in my office if they've bought gifts yet for their mother's. They were all like "oh that's this weekend isn't it". So I made a few suggestions and a couple of them were like, "$80 is a little spendy when I can get a card at Target for $2.99"... which I replied "$80 is nothing for the woman who gave you life." Which of course they replied "now you sound like her too". I guess after creating and carrying my daughter inside me for 10 months and giving birth to her, I have a whole new appreciation for this one day a year that is meant solely for mother's. And it's sole purpose is letting them know how much you appreciate the sacrifice and love they've given you your whole life... so $80 seems like a small price to pay for the years of blood, sweat and tears that your mother has put into raising you to be a well-rounded, loving, caring and successful individual in society. But then again, if you have a mom who didn't give a crap if you grew up to be a pimple on the butt cheek of society, then go ahead and by her a $2.99 card at Target.

PS... I love you mom... thanks for making sure I wasn't a pimple ;o)