I know what you’re thinking – April is a bit early (or late, as is usually the case with me) to be talking about the holiday season, right? For the usual slate of winter season religious days, you’d be right, but today we’re going to talk about the rest of the holidays spread throughout the year. Specifically, we’re gearing up for the observation of Mother’s Day in the US in a few short weeks.
Looking forward to this holiday?
I’ve worked in several offices and restaurants where people bring in pink carnations and hand them out to mothers in the workplace. It’s lead to more than one awkward encounter when somebody is presented with one, and they embarrassingly reply, “No, actually…” This has traditionally been a day to honor current and soon-to-be mothers, and while we are certainly not advocating for the abolishment of this holiday, it’s always a good time to practice empathy and thoughtfulness with those in our lives who might not view this as a day filled with joy and happiness. In this Huffpost piece Lauren Casper lists a few reasons why somebody may not be looking forward to this holiday:
Everyone is valued
Is the point of Mother's Day simply to recognize women who have children, or do we want it to have a deeper meaning than that? We can, and should, take this time to put a little work into materially making people’s lives better.
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