Mother’s Day is totally different for our family this year. Charlie is celebrating Mother’s Day in Hobart, Oklahoma with Mikalay and her parents. I don’t I even hear from Charlie but that is what happens once they grow up.
I wanted to share “Mother’s Day Nature Moments for Small Spaces & Big Hearts” as I celebrate Mother’s Day by myself since David’s dad is still in the hospital. I really miss my mom today and yes; I do have David’s mom it’s not the save as having my mom.
I don’t even know if I will call David’s mom today because I really don’t even want to speak to anyone this morning. If your feeling like me this morning remember Mother’s Day morning does not need to feel complicated to feel meaningful.
There is a quiet kind of beauty in simply waking up and stepping into the same small space that holds your everyday life but seeing it differently for one morning. The sidewalk, the porch, the balcony, the flowers and the small patch of sky above the rooftops—all of it becomes part of the day when you slow down enough to notice it.
For many families, especially those in townhomes and apartments which is what we are in, this morning is not about leaving home. It is about arriving more fully at home. It is about letting Mom be part of a moment where she is not organizing, directing, or planning, but simply present.
The family moves gently outside together. There is no rush, no schedule, only the shared experience of noticing what the world is offering right in front of us. From the colors outside which feel brighter when you were not in a hurry to get somewhere else. The sounds feel clearer when were not thinking about what comes next.
Children and Teens naturally begin to show us what they see. Which could be a small detail in the ground, a movement in the trees, a shape in the clouds. Teens as we know may not say much, but they stay longer than expected. Even pets seem to settle into the slower rhythm of the moment.
This is what makes the morning feel different. Not effort. Not expense. Just attention. Mother’s Day becomes less about creating something new and more about recognizing what was already here.
Happy Mother’s Day to you and your friends and family.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
