I’m making it official. For one day only, there should be no politics. No talk about inflation or the markets…and absolutely, positively, nothing about tariffs. Because on Sunday, May 11, we have something more important to focus on:
Our mothers.
Most of the year, we are deluged with headlines and controversies, in the news and across social media. It seems like there’s always something to be concerned about or frustrated with. That’s why, the older I get, the more I appreciate days like Mother’s Day. Because it’s a chance to put all that to one side. To save it all for another day. It’s an opportunity to focus on what really matters: The love between mother and child, husband and wife, grandmother and grandchild. To focus on family.
When Anna Jarvis — the creator of Mother’s Day — was a young girl, she heard her own mother offer a prayer that she never forgot. It went like this:
I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mothers day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life.
When I think of my own mom and all the examples of her “matchless service,” I realize just how lucky I am. Every hug, every meal, every tear and drop of sweat, every ounce of wisdom and warmth she ever gave me…it all helped turn me into the person I am now. I think that’s worth a day of appreciation, to the exclusion of everything else.
Make no mistake: The stories we see in the news are important. But they are also temporary. Mother’s Day’s represents everything eternal and everlasting. After all, today’s problems will be replaced by something else tomorrow. But a mother’s love…that should last forever.
So, on behalf of Tina, Kara and myself, we wish you a happy Mother’s Day. To all the mothers out there, thank you! And to my own mom: I love you.