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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 593825" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>CB, coping the way you have to cope.</p><p></p><p>Mother's Day doesn't excite me or bring dread. We have such a tiny family ALL THE TIME that most holidays are not that different from regular days to me unless we are in Chicago with Julie. It will be Tom, me and Sonic and Jumper and a lazy, relaxing day, I hope. Maybe Tom will take me to the casino, but if I had my first choice I'd like to go to the dog park with everyone. It's a nice dog park, kind of far, and a real treat for me to go. I love being out in the grass and trees with so many fellow dog lovers and their beloved pets, watching my little furbabies running free. Then later on we are grilling, but I have been soooooooooo good with Weight Watchers. I can't think of what I can grill. Fish maybe? Skinless chicken breast? I also like veggies wrapped up and grilled. I'm sure everyone else with eat something more normal...lol.</p><p></p><p>My Mom passed a while back and we had a terrible relationship. I remember I sometimes tried to send an appropriate card, but there never were any and she didn't really want a card from me so it was on and off. They just don't sell cards that say, "Dear Mother, I wish you didn't hate me. I would do anything if you'd love me. I love you so much." That's how I felt for much of my life.</p><p></p><p> Some years I sent the card I knew she wouldn't care about, other years I didn't. I got over being depressed because I would never spend Mom's Day with Mom, and I don't think about it now...or think of HER either very often. </p><p></p><p>That is a good thing because after she passed I spent two years very upset that she had disinherited me in such a broad way as to pretty much say I didn't even count as her daughter. But that experience was very educational...also taught me that family is who loves you, not whom is tied to you by DNA or even by giving birth to you. That realization has given me much peace and I so appreciate those in my life who do care about me. They are gifts to me and need never buy me anything. All I care about is that they exist and love me.</p><p></p><p>All in all, a regular day with just a bit of a bonus. I kind of like celebrating mothers, but I do know that it can be a painful day for so many people. I have heard that Mother's Day is the #1 day for suicide!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 593825, member: 1550"] CB, coping the way you have to cope. Mother's Day doesn't excite me or bring dread. We have such a tiny family ALL THE TIME that most holidays are not that different from regular days to me unless we are in Chicago with Julie. It will be Tom, me and Sonic and Jumper and a lazy, relaxing day, I hope. Maybe Tom will take me to the casino, but if I had my first choice I'd like to go to the dog park with everyone. It's a nice dog park, kind of far, and a real treat for me to go. I love being out in the grass and trees with so many fellow dog lovers and their beloved pets, watching my little furbabies running free. Then later on we are grilling, but I have been soooooooooo good with Weight Watchers. I can't think of what I can grill. Fish maybe? Skinless chicken breast? I also like veggies wrapped up and grilled. I'm sure everyone else with eat something more normal...lol. My Mom passed a while back and we had a terrible relationship. I remember I sometimes tried to send an appropriate card, but there never were any and she didn't really want a card from me so it was on and off. They just don't sell cards that say, "Dear Mother, I wish you didn't hate me. I would do anything if you'd love me. I love you so much." That's how I felt for much of my life. Some years I sent the card I knew she wouldn't care about, other years I didn't. I got over being depressed because I would never spend Mom's Day with Mom, and I don't think about it now...or think of HER either very often. That is a good thing because after she passed I spent two years very upset that she had disinherited me in such a broad way as to pretty much say I didn't even count as her daughter. But that experience was very educational...also taught me that family is who loves you, not whom is tied to you by DNA or even by giving birth to you. That realization has given me much peace and I so appreciate those in my life who do care about me. They are gifts to me and need never buy me anything. All I care about is that they exist and love me. All in all, a regular day with just a bit of a bonus. I kind of like celebrating mothers, but I do know that it can be a painful day for so many people. I have heard that Mother's Day is the #1 day for suicide! [/QUOTE]
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