Thank You Mom!

I would like to say that I am so disgusted with all the commercial mother's day crap. By this I mean all the "Every kiss begins with Kay" commercials, hallmark card commercials, etc. All the stupid stuff that suggests that what mothers want most is more possessions! The Kay commercials are the ones I find most offensive. I mean, the Dad writes a song in Mom's honor, assembles musical instruments and kids, in secret, to practice and perform. But the crowning moment is not this sweet loving gesture. It's the presentation of a piece of jewlery from the kids at the end of the song! If every kiss between Mommy and Daddy begins with a peice of jewlery from Kay, I can think of several names more befitting than "Mommy!"
I just think it's really sad the way holidays have become more and more about spending money and less about the actual emotions behind it all. Everywhere you look or listen there are adds for gifts to buy for the holiday! Most men probably wouldn't be aware there was a holiday coming if they weren't bombarded by these adds. I mean, it's fine if you really do have plenty of extra cash lying around to buy expensive jewelry. All mothers work very hard, harder than you realize unless you become a parent yourself. So if you can afford to lavish her with gifts, than that's great. We all owe our mothers, big time. But what about just saying thank you?? It's just wrong to make the gift itself be the focus. The reason you are getting her the gift, that should be the focus. The years of sacrifice and devotion and unconditional love-recognition is not too much to ask! I'm not saying don't give your Mom a gift. I just wish they weren't turning the holiday into just another day of buying things for people. It makes the holidays so generic. A day of thoughtful ways to tell people that you love and appreciate them, that's what it's supposed to be!

People really aren't as materialistic as companies would have you believe-if the magazine surveys are true, than most Moms would be thrilled to get an extra nap, some alone time, or some time alone with their families. As far as I'm concerned, those trump jewery anyday!