There’s a few people you can never replace in your life, but right at the top of that list is your mum. Without whom you wouldn’t actually be around, so right off the bat there’s something you can’t argue against.
Some will argue that having one “special” day set aside for mothers demeans the whole thing, that actually having that day is an acknowledgement that most of the time mothers go unappreciated. There’s some who argue that it’s crass & commercialised and that decaring this day of all days is completely arbitrary – mainly because the shops haven’t got anything else to get sales in May. To which I say that’s the weakest excuse I’ve ever heard, foo’.
Mother’s Day may indeed be rather arbitrary, and an acknowledgement of those underappreciated, but the counter argument would be to use this day to make up for your own shortcomings. You may argue with your mum, you may find her old fashioned and restrictive and overbearing and all those other things that inevitably gets pointed at parents, but if there’s one person in the world who’ll care for you when all else have left you, it’s your mum.
I can’t be with my mum this Mother’s Day, but I sure hope you did something today. Something as small as telling her: I love you, mum.
I did, in fact, call my mother. (And send her some decorative candles—not just a homemaker thing, I thought they were very nice!) And I try to remember to be thankful and appreciative whenever I’m not angry or frustrated…. heh. I don’t really mind if the “holiday” is “arbitrary”, it serves a real purpose: you remember to think about what your mother’s done for you.
Thanks for the compliments on my layout!
Also, are there two discs to the GITS SAC soundtrack? It appears I only have one…. (found out when I looked for that track you mentioned… monochrome)
there’s two GitS soundtracks, but monochrome is on the first one… if you can’t find it, let me know.