Happy Mother's Day!

Have you seen the “You’re Doing Ok Mom,” Johnsons Baby
commercial? I love it! (Click Here to Watch)

There really should be one for moms of older kids, too, like one
that I should have written when I was in middle school, which might have gone like this:

 … I can call you mom, right? I mean, you’re not still
mad about that whole screaming and slamming my door thing, are you? I know we’ve known each other about thirteen years now, and I think I know everything, and I
hate everything that comes out of your mouth, but you seem like a real keeper. You’re not perfect, (there was that whole not-letting-me-get-my-ears-pierced thing), but you’re trying. 

You ask me if I’m ok when I’m sulking, even though you know I’m going to say, “I’m fine, leave me alone!” and that’s highly important to a thirteen year old. You hum while we’re doing chores together and pretend
you don’t notice that I’m acting like a brat, slamming things around as if I’m very put out to have to pick up my own socks. So cool. And when I’m laying face down on my bed, crying about the ‘mean girls’or my latest boyfriend fiasco, the way you rub my head and tell me it will be ok is out of this world.

Anyway, I want you to know how much I appreciate you. You know, right, how much I love you?
You’re doing ok, mom.

Or, maybe there should be one for now:

 … I am so glad I get to call you my mom. We’ve known each other over 40 years now, and you are definitely a keeper. I’m not perfect, but am closer to that because of everything you’ve taught me over the years. And I’m going to keep trying (to be more like you).

 You pick me up when I’m feeling less than great about myself. That’s the high art of comfort only a mother could provide. You hum to the radio when we’re in the car together. So cool. And your hugs are out of this world. 

Anyway, I want you to know how much I appreciate you. You know, right, how much I love you?
You’re doing ok, mom.

Whatever our age, do we ever really outgrow our mothers? And when we're not fortunate to have them with us, anymore, we'll still hear their voices and feel their comfort, and they'll still be doing ok, because everything a mother invests in being the best mom, ever, just never goes away. 

Whether you are a brand new mother or the mother of a long-since grown adult, Happy Mother’s Day! 

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