| Mother's Day: Don't celebate it |
| I got an idea for this rant from Mike Mirliss. He wrote an article similar to this in my high school newspaper, the B.C. Times. Mirliss, now in his senior year, is the editor in chief of the newspaper at BCHS. Mike, you've always been a great writer; I hope you don't mind me going off on one of your exceptional ideas. Mother's Day: May 12. Ah yes, that time of the year again when all the department stores and malls take advantage of this incredibly clever hoax to make more money and sell their cheasy I-love-you-mom merchandise. What is the big deal with this one day of the year, anyway? I gotta give advertisers a hand though for taking advantage of such an opportunity. I mean, think about it for a second. Do we really need a Mother's Day? Of course we don't! What exactly does a mom do to deserve a whole day devoted to recognizing her daily tasks? I mean, sheesh...anyone woman could have carried me in her womb for nine months. It's not that hard to deal with all that bloating and morning sickness. Besides, she got to eat whatever she wanted and she had a good excuse for it too. Any woman could have gone through labor that lasts for only a day. And how hard is it to get up in the middle of the night for a year or two to appease a crying infant? So what if she wiped my tears and changed my diapers. Piece of cake, if you ask me! So what if she has to drive me around everywhere and give me allowance every week. It was only a 45 minute drive to that private school in Huntington Beach and it only cost $500 a month. I bet working over-time wasn't that hard. I mean, just because she's always on call and had to work during the weekends doesn't mean she sacrificed a lot. |
| So what if she supported me in everything I did. I still would've made it this far without her help. I think I could live without her always making sure that I'm safe, always making sure that I'm never hungry, and always making sure I'm getting enough rest. Advertisers had it easy to make all these daily tasks seem hard for one woman to do. Too easy. In fact, I think Mother's Day is such a joke, that this year, I'm not going to celebrate it. I encourage everyone not to celebrate Mother's Day. My point is, why spend one day celebrating Mother's Day, when every day should be the day when we say "I love you mom" and show our appreciation? Why is it that the governemnt had to decree the second Sunday of May as the official day to show mothers how much we love them? Because we as humans are too caught up in our selfish desires to remember to do things like say "Thanks, mom." That's why. Like I asked earlier, what exactly does a mom do to deserve a whole day devoted to recognizing her daily tasks? Nothing she does deserves one day of appreciation. EVERYTHING she does deserves an entire year of recognition. Mother's Day shouldn't just be one day. It should be every day. Don't celebrate Mother's Day only on May 12. Celebrate it every day. Mom, thank you for all you've done for me in life. Nothing I could do could repay all you had to go through to raise me. I'm sorry that I forget to celebrate Mother's Day every day. You truly deserve it every single day. I hope you don't ever doubt my love, and that you don't ever feel unappreciated. I love you,, Liz |