A very happy day to all of you celebrating it, no matter how you shape this tradition to your own family.
While you’re enjoying your day, ponder the answer to Parentdish’s Mother’s Day poll question, “Who are the celebs you’d trust your kids with most?” The winners? Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi. Is this a sign of the times, or just a sign that Parentdish has a liberal audience?
Riffing on this, Autostraddle asks who we would want for our two celebrity Moms, if we could choose. Lucille Ball and Queen Latifah? Clearly her readers have imagination.
Here’s my question for you, on a more contemplative note: What lesson from your own mother(s) or other female relatives do you most want to pass on to your own children?
My mom never said it out loud, but she raised me to feel that my life and my decisions belong to me, not to my parents or anyone else.
As I learn about other people’s childhoods, I see how rare and empowering that message was. As my own son grows I can see how tempting it is to control everything about a child’s life. I hope I can strike the right balance between support and empowerment.
Thought your readers might like to see the results of the very informal survey I did of my lesbian mom friends and how they celebrated Mothers’ Day.
http://www.examiner.com/x-5179-Philadelphia-Gay-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m5d13-How-lesbian-moms-spent-Mothers-Day-or-Mothers-Day
Thanks, Stephanie! Always fun to see how other moms celebrate!