Simply Misunderstood XO

We all know the holiday that comes up every beginning of May, it’s called Mother’s Day. The day we’re supposed to be extra thankful for our mothers and everything they do for us. The day we celebrate her, while lavishing her with expensive gifts, or homemade treats, or back massages, or breakfast in bed, or a trip to the spa, or just simply leaving her alone so she can have some peace and quiet. Whatever way you celebrate, it’s always a full day of festivities. But, for those who don’t have someone to celebrate with, well this day can SUCK (excuse my language). So here’s to all of the sons and daughters out there who don’t have his/her mom to celebrate with this year on Mother’s Day; no one will ever understand the pain we go through on this day. But, here’s some insight on just how much it hurts us. I know everyone like me can relate to these reasons why this day now SUCKS:

1. You are left in disgust.

All of the appreciation posts/pictures that our friends post on social media is disgusting. Everybody loves to see the appreciation you all have for your mothers, don’t get me wrong, but to us people without them, it just leaves us in disgust. We can’t help that we are in the position we’re in so we get angry, mad, jealous even, and it just leaves us in disgust with your “appreciation” posts. Sure, we put them out there too because we never want our memories of our mothers to fade (with the same old double-posted pictures of course), but we will never get a new picture with her how we look now, nor do we know how she would look. The more posts we see, the more it just makes us want to vomit.

2. Nobody is around to hang out with.

It would definitely be easier to deal with if you had a pal to hang out and pass the time with, but they’re all celebrating with their moms too. WOMP. It is not a good feeling when you can’t sulk with anyone either because you don’t know anyone else that has lost his/her mom.

3. You have to play it cool.

You have to pretend like it’s not a big deal that you can’t celebrate because you don’t want to take away from all of the other happy families celebrating. You don’t want the attention on you, nor do you want to take away from all of the amazing moms out there, so you do what anyone does in a situation like this… you ACT. Fake it ’til you make it (well, just until the day is over).

4. Guilt eats you alive.

You are reminded that you will never be able to say thank you to your mom for what she did when she was alive, and you feel guilty for not telling her enough while she was alive. It’s a constant struggle of hating yourself for not expressing your feelings when you had the chance.

5. Everything is a tease.

You just feel like everyone is out to get you. It’s not their fault they have mothers to celebrate with, but it just seems like everyone is rubbing it in. Again, not their fault. They are the lucky ones, so they are right to enjoy every second of it. But it just teases the sh*t out of you because you will never be able to do that again. And when people ask if you’re okay, well that just reminds you even more how much it sucks.

We all want to be able to celebrate our mothers on this special day, but reality is, we all can’t. So while we may not have someone physically here to celebrate with, we will definitely be celebrating with their spirits. And if you ARE lucky enough to be one of those who will spend time with your mom this Mother’s Day, ENJOY IT. We know it’s cliche, and you probably hear it all the time but it’s TRUE, enjoy it now because you never know when the last time will be. Don’t worry about us mother-less folks…I’m sure we’ll get through it somehow, just like we always do.