Have You Earned Your Mother’s Day?

This Mother’s Day I suggest you take a good long look at yourself to ascertain whether or not you really deserve that Hallmark card. Oh, sure, they say you’re a good mother, maybe even the best. What else can they say – you are their food source. But are you a really a good mother? Are you as good a mother as I am? I doubt it. Ask yourself these questions to find out.

• Do I teach my children the value of respectful communication ?
• Do I spend hours lovingly baking their favorite desserts?
• Do I steer impressionable minds toward appropriate media and role models?
• Do I protect the Earth for future generations?
• Do I explain the important things in life with wisdom and maturity?
• And perhaps most important, do I make a material contribution to the PTA?

If you can’t answer yes to most of all of these questions, what makes you think you deserve the card with the embossing and the ribbon? Much less the grocery story bouquet. Get over yourself, Mother.