Mothers' Day

My mother said to me that she wished I’d never been born

That is one thing that should never be said to a child; there will be other things too, but that is the worst of the worst. If you have low self esteem or depression before that then you are definitely going to feel much worse afterwards, but no child should be told they are unwanted.
Did you ever make it up with your mother, or was it just part of the downward spiral?
Sorry – you don’t need to answer that, but know that sometimes it is good to talk it out of your system. Even with a weird and sarcastic bunch like us.

For me, it’s a special day of great sadness. My mother said to me that she wished I’d never been born – it was the only thing we ever agreed on. I never could work it out although, it might have had something to do with the fact that she caught me with my hand firmly embedded up to the wrist in her private stash of Cadbury’s Dairy milk chocolate.

Very true. At the end of her life, in her 90s my mother was well cared for in a residential home about 5 hours drive away. We visited several times during the year and helped as much as we could, but never on Mothers’ Day. Her children were banned that day!!;)

It is the same as all the other days named,valentine’s day,Easter,,Christmas—–they have all lost the real meaning and become a cash cow.

I echo your first paragraph Linc. And the sadness is that the card or the flowers or the lunch or worse all three are mutually expected – it has become an annual ritual in which children and mothers mutually indulge.

It’s just a nice little earner for those in business, ie, Mothers Day Cards, gifts, etc. You should appreciate your Mother every day of the year. Not just the ONE day.

God rest your Soul mum, I think of you every day.
Jim.
Lincoln .7