Unfortunately, I'm not spending it w/my mom, but I did send her a card (I think I'm required to send handmade cards, no more Hallmark for Mom, lol) and called her this morning. I think she knows how much I miss being w/her, even if we get on each other's nerves if we spend too much time together.
We also took flowers to MIL at the cemetery (and also wanted to make sure the year was added to FIL's tombstone since it turns out that wasn't paid for even though we thought it was). Even at 9:30 in the morning, the cemetery was crowded and they had three security guys directing traffic. I would have taken a picture of the flowers and posted it, but I didn't want to weird Mr. Fix-it out, nor any of my readers. Suffice to say they are pretty and MIL/FIL would be happy we got them from Trader Joe's since they seem to have the best price on cut flowers bouquets.
I'm not sure if we will be taking flowers to FIL/MIL on a regular basis. We stopped taking flowers to MIL because FIL took flowers every week and it a little frustrating to bring flowers and then not have any place for them. Mr. Fix-it really isn't a flower kind of guy (since I don't get flowers even once a year), but I was brought up to regularly bring flowers to the cemetery. I suspect we won't be taking flowers very often, though I will feel guilty about that. (As I always say, guilt, the gift that keeps on giving.)
Give your mom a hug or call or thought today. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!
2 comments:
Wow, I don't have any cemetery experience (my dad is in an urn with my mom) so I'm kind of surprised to hear it was that crowded at the cemetery - but I guess that makes sense.
And be glad that your mom appreciates your hand-made cards, because MINE doesn't. =P She actually prefers e-cards, which seems odd to me, but she is a packrat so I guess it's less clutter for her... =)
I would have thought that a packrat would prefer a real card over an e-card. Since my mom doesn't use a computer, she's stuck with snail mail.
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