What Moms Really Want for Mother’s Day!

This time of year Dads and kids start desperately searching for the perfect gift for Mom for Mother's Day. But I can tell you that this Mom is not looking for flowers or presents or even breakfast in bed. No, what this Mom wants is some time off! And here's how that needs to go:

For Mothers Day: A Day Without Decisions

I spend too much time every single day of the year making decisions- what to make for dinner, what clothes to pick out for the kids to wear, what to buy at the store, should I give the dog a bath or wait another day (or month), should I spend the next hour exercising or catching up on my never-ending-to-do-list?

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

On Mother's Day, I do not want to have to make a single decision. For myself, or anyone else.

So please- just don't ask me a thing.

For Mothers Day: A Day Without Having to Remember Anything!

Even worse than the constant decision making is the trying to remember everything that needs to get done- who needs to be at which location at what time, who I am carpooling with and to where, that I need to start dinner, and on and on.

I want one day where I can blissfully leave all of that to someone else to think about. (And can someone please tell me why men's brains have the ability to shut that off- that they can be working in the garage on a project for hours and NOT notice that lunchtime has come and gone and no one has fed the kids? Why wasn't I born with that ability?)

Seriously, I want one day where my brain can be empty!

For Mothers Day: A Day Without An Agenda

No to-do lists, no goals, nothing that I am hoping to accomplish. And yes, I know that I am the one that makes the to-do lists and sets the goals and that theoretically, it is within my Mommy-super-powers to do this any day- or well, every day actually.

But I don't. So I really want to do it on Mother's Day this year!

For Mothers Day: A Day Where the House Starts Off Clean And Organized, and Also Ends That Way

Now I realize that my hubby and kids may not have it in them to deliver this all on their own- especially since I am kind of counting on them to handle the whole day's schedule/cooking/decision making on their own too.

So if they feel the need to hire someone for a little house cleaning, well, then so be it! (And actually- hallelujah– it will be someone who doesn't think that clean means “stuff everything currently on the floor into a drawer and slam it shut” as my 9-year does.)

I don't think I am asking for too much, am I?

 

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