Mother's Day

In the UK, Mother's Day is this Sunday!  There is a history of Mothering Sunday here, which is associated with going to your mother church in the middle of Lent.  This tradition started when so many people left home to work in other areas and, so I am told, only had that one day a year to go home. 

It has always been a confusing time for our family because, to me, Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May.  We have gone back and forth about when to celebrate Mother's Day, but I have learned that when it is postponed to May, typically the family forgets.  So a few years ago, it was decided to go with the flow and keep to the UK date.

Now, my daughter has asked to change the date to May, but only for this year!  She is going away to Paris today for the weekend.  It should be a fantastic time for her, but she realized after the plans were made that she would miss Mother's Day.  Lucky for her, being a dual citizen, she can choose whichever day suits! So all the Mothers in my house: me, Mom and Whitney, will celebrate in May.  Although, I have already bought the cards for the day, since there will be none available in May.  This change is not happening to Alan's mother though. She has always had Mothering Sunday as her Mother's Day and it would not be fair to ask her to change.  And it makes it easy, since both mothers in our family (mine and Alan's) will have their own special day.  My mother will have to share with Whitney and me, but it will be really nice when it does happen!